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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at VANGUARD BEETHOVEN?
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Enrollment
1,782
Combined
DISTRICT 1,511 · STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANGUARD ACADEMY·NCES 480019513536
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN
2215 S VETERANS BLVD, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 318-0211 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,782 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,512 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 17 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,782
+1,153 (+183%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.5:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About VANGUARD BEETHOVEN
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is an all-grades campus of expansive scale in EDINBURG, Texas, operated by VANGUARD ACADEMY, works with 1,782 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 267% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.
Within VANGUARD ACADEMY, which oversees 6 schools and 6,814 students, VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, VANGUARD BEETHOVEN shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at VANGUARD BEETHOVEN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, VANGUARD BEETHOVEN sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.8%; actual is 54.3%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is EDINBURG COLLEGIATE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VANGUARD BEETHOVEN comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN operates from an urban location. VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. VANGUARD BEETHOVEN's enrollment has rose 183% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 1,782). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.
On this page, members of the VANGUARD BEETHOVEN community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 VANGUARD ACADEMY
- VANGUARD REMBRANDTCombined · 1,978 students
- VANGUARD MOZARTCombined · 1,236 students
- VANGUARD VAN GOGHCombined · 1,048 students
- VANGUARD PICASSOElementary · 572 students
- VANGUARD MONETElementary · 198 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- ECONOMEDES H SHigh · 2,689 students
- EDINBURG NORTH H SHigh · 2,542 students
- EDINBURG H SHigh · 2,267 students
- ROBERT R VELA H SHigh · 2,101 students
- BETTY HARWELL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,301 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- EDINBURG COLLEGIATE H S0.4 mi · 466
- ROBERT R VELA H S0.5 mi · 2,101
- FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE0.5 mi · 1,064
- JJAEP-SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAM0.6 mi · 1
- TRAVIS EL0.7 mi · 337
- MACARIA DELA GARZA GORENA EL0.7 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About VANGUARD BEETHOVENWhat is the total enrollment at VANGUARD BEETHOVEN?
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN enrolls approximately 1,782 students in grades PK-12.
Is VANGUARD BEETHOVEN an elementary, middle, or high school?
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VANGUARD BEETHOVEN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is approximately 17.0:1 (105 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VANGUARD BEETHOVEN?
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is VANGUARD BEETHOVEN in?
VANGUARD BEETHOVEN is part of VANGUARD ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.