Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY VIEW ISD·NCES 484380011283
Valley View South Elementary School
900 S MCCOLL RD, HIDALGO, TX 78557 · (956) 340-1650 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
332 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 48 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Valley View South Elementary School→Valley View Junior High School
Based on grade levels within VALLEY VIEW ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 33.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 76.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Valley View South Elementary School
Valley View South Elementary School's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View South Elementary School this school | 353 | 94.1% | 62.3% |
| Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary School SAN BENITO | 351 | 94.0% | 39.6% |
| Santiago Garcia Elementary School EDCOUCH | 358 | 93.0% | 23.1% |
| Wilson Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 359 | 92.8% | 41.5% |
| Premont Ernest H Singleton Early College Academy PREMONT | 357 | 95.2% | 24.4% |
| Vida N Clover Elementary School SAN JUAN | 378 | 94.7% | 36.5% |
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 Valley View South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #644 of 4,401 | #15 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #977 of 4,466 ▲ 274 | #30 of 183 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,401 of 4,466 ▼ 391 | #44 of 183 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #477 of 3,998 | #15 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #3,856 of 4,938 | #167 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,144 of 4,622 | #45 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,627 of 4,628 | #185 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #620 of 4,789 | #53 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #2,761 of 2,838 | #127 of 128 |
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
353
+38 (+12%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 353 | 24.1 | 14.7:1 | 94% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 25.3 | 14.5:1 | 94% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 97% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 96% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 23.1 | 15.5:1 | 91% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 86% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley View South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (358 to 353); teachers up 4% (23.1 to 24.1).
About Valley View South Elementary School
Valley View South Elementary School is a small elementary school in HIDALGO, Texas. It teaches 353 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 32% lower.
Valley View South Elementary School is one school in a 6-school district, VALLEY VIEW ISD, which enrolls 3,444 students.
Hispanic students are 100% of those enrolled at Valley View South Elementary School. That compares with about 92% Hispanic among all Hidalgo County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 0%.
Its ratio of 14.7:1 is based on 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%. Public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Valley View South Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 62.3%. Predicted: 33.5%. Difference: 28.8 points.
American Community Survey estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income comes to about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county's public schools total 364, with about 212,859 students.
Valley View High School is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Valley View South Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Valley View South Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 12.6:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VALLEY VIEW ISD
- Valley View High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Wilbur E Lucas Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Valley View Junior High SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Valley View North Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Valley View Early College CampusCombined
Other schools in HIDALGO
- Valley View High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Hidalgo Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Diaz Junior High SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Hidalgo Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Dr Alejo Salinas Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View High School1.0 mi · 1,227
- Diaz Junior High School1.1 mi · 615
- Wilbur E Lucas Elementary School1.3 mi · 530
- Hidalgo Early College High School1.3 mi · 1,029
- Valley View Elementary School1.4 mi · 446
- Valley View Junior High School1.5 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Valley View South Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Valley View South Elementary School?
Valley View South Elementary School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Valley View South Elementary School serve?
Valley View South Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley View South Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley View South Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Valley View South Elementary School?
Student demographics at Valley View South Elementary School are roughly 100% Hispanic.
Is Valley View South Elementary School public or private?
Valley View South Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by VALLEY VIEW ISD.
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