📍 1100 e Trenton Rd, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, 78539
Escandon el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Edinburg, Hidalgo County. The school has 701 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Zulema Garcia. It is part of the Edinburg Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Escandon el enrolls 701 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 695 | 99% |
| White | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
597 of the school's 701 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 582 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Escandon el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 40.
Escandon el is one of 46 schools in EDINBURG CISD, based in EDINBURG, Texas. The district serves 33,343 students district-wide and employs 2,305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 701 students, Escandon el is close to the district average of about 725 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize