At a glance
Source years shown below
Reported students
19,890
NCES CCD 2024–25
Open schools
31
NCES preliminary directory 2025–26
Student–teacher ratio
13.8:1
Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE
Spending per pupil
$13,409
Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33
Instruction per pupil
$7,689
Calculated from FY 2023 F-33
Grades served
PK–12
NCES preliminary directory 2025–26
Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22
These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.
- Students
- 19,361
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,497.53
- Student–teacher ratio
- 12.9:1
What current records say about MCALLEN ISD
MCALLEN ISD operates 31 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in MCALLEN, Texas. NCES reports 19,890 students and 1,445.48 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.
Within Texas agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 68 of 1020 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.
FY 2023 finance records show $13,409 in current expenditure per pupil and $7,689 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 529 of 1019 in Texas. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.
Reported needs and resources
- English learners
- 34.1%
- Students with disabilities (IDEA)
- 12.8%
- Classroom teachers (FTE)
- 1,445.48
- Current expenditure (FY 2023)
- $273,539,000
Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.
MCALLEN ISD
MCALLEN, Texas
NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 26.2236, -98.2418
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Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment
- White3.9%
- Hispanic93.8%
- Black0.4%
- Asian1.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0%
- Multiracial0.5%
Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.
Explore schools in MCALLEN ISD
31 current directory entries
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Showing 1–24 of 31 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.
| School | Level / grades | Students | Ratio | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVE EARLY COLLEGE H S | High09–12 | 428 | 12.9:1 | |
| ALVAREZ EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 435 | 15.8:1 | |
| BLANCA E SANCHEZ | ElementaryPK–05 | 502 | 16.8:1 | |
| BROWN MIDDLE | Middle06–08 | 580 | 11.5:1 | |
| CASTANEDA EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 374 | 13.9:1 | |
| CATHEY MIDDLE | Middle06–08 | 827 | 15.4:1 | |
| DE LEON MIDDLE | Middle06–08 | 664 | 11.9:1 | |
| DR PABLO PEREZ | ElementaryPK–05 | 601 | 16.8:1 | |
| ESCANDON EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 478 | 14.1:1 | |
| FIELDS EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 443 | 12.6:1 | |
| GARZA EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 409 | 14.8:1 | |
| GONZALEZ EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 818 | 16.4:1 | |
| HOUSTON EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 397 | 14.3:1 | |
| INSTR/GUID CENTER | Other06–11 | 60 | 5.5:1 | |
| JACKSON EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 548 | 13.9:1 | |
| LAMAR ACADEMY | High10–12 | 47 | 5.9:1 | |
| LUCILE HENDRICKS EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 432 | 14.4:1 | |
| MCALLEN H S | High09–12 | 2,134 | 14.3:1 | |
| MCAULIFFE EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 385 | 13.7:1 | |
| MEMORIAL H S | High09–12 | 2,021 | 13.1:1 | |
| MICHAEL E FOSSUM MIDDLE | Middle06–08 | 791 | 14.7:1 | |
| MILAM EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 811 | 15.6:1 | |
| MORRIS MIDDLE | Middle06–08 | 999 | 14.9:1 | |
| RAYBURN EL | ElementaryPK–05 | 530 | 15.4:1 |