VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL

Set in HIDALGO, Texas, VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL is a cozy primary school, part of VALLEY VIEW ISD. It hosts 353 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 9 schools in VALLEY VIEW ISD (4,295 students total), VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.8%; actual is 65.1%, +32.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: VALLEY VIEW H S, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VALLEY VIEW SOUTH EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 358 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.