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Enrollment
758
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253005487
Treasure Hills Elementary School
2525 HAINE DR, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3180 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL758 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
526 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 9.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Treasure Hills Elementary School
Treasure Hills Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Hills Elementary School this school | 758 | 69.4% | 41.5% |
| Scotsdale Elementary School EL PASO | 749 | 67.0% | 64.8% |
| Mims Elementary School MISSION | 673 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| IDEA South Flores Academy SAN ANTONIO | 680 | 71.8% | 37.1% |
| Barbara Fasken Elementary School LAREDO | 704 | 69.7% | 57.6% |
| Rancho Verde Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 696 | 65.2% | 67.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Treasure Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,387 of 4,401 | #60 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,408 of 4,466 ▲ 42 | #70 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,827 of 4,466 ▲ 304 | #47 of 93 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #320 of 3,998 | #3 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 758 | #602 of 4,938 | #5 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,810 of 4,622 | #39 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #3,906 of 4,628 | #3 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #2,599 of 4,789 | #86 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #1,467 of 2,838 | #39 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
758
-119 (-14%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 758 | 49.2 | 15.4:1 | 69% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 55.1 | 15.0:1 | 74% (616) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 52.5 | 16.4:1 | 72% (622) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 71% (623) |
| 2017-18 | 909 | 51.9 | 17.5:1 | 69% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 67% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 59% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 30% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 25 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Treasure Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (909 to 758); teachers down 5% (51.9 to 49.2).
About Treasure Hills Elementary School
In HARLINGEN, Texas, Treasure Hills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 758 students. That puts enrollment 46% above the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
HARLINGEN CISD counts 17,506 students in its 31 schools, and Treasure Hills Elementary School is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Treasure Hills Elementary School is Hispanic, at 92%. It is also 5% White. Among Cameron County residents, the Hispanic share is about 89%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
With 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Roughly 69% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 84% average among public schools in Cameron County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Treasure Hills Elementary School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
In Texas, Treasure Hills Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.5% actual against a predicted 44.1%.
The county, Cameron County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county has 187 public schools and about 97,392 students.
Treasure Hills Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Harlingen Collegiate High School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Treasure Hills Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 758, compared with 877 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.4:1) than in 2020-21 (16.6:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Treasure Hills Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Lee H Means Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Lee H Means Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Harlingen Collegiate High School0.4 mi · 353
- Horizon Montessori III - STEM Academy0.6 mi · 291
- Secondary Alter Center0.9 mi · 59
- Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp0.9 mi · 15
- Cameron Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 6
- Cameron Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Treasure Hills Elementary School?
Treasure Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 758 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Treasure Hills Elementary School serve?
Treasure Hills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Treasure Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Treasure Hills Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Treasure Hills Elementary School?
At Treasure Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Treasure Hills Elementary School public or private?
Treasure Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARLINGEN CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.