📍 2320 S Cesar Chavez Rd, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, 75839
Betts el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Edinburg, Hidalgo County. The school has 544 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nelda Gaytan. It is part of the Edinburg Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Betts el enrolls 544 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 539 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
508 of the school's 544 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 496 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Betts el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 27, state house district 40.
Betts 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 544 students, Betts el is smaller than the district average of about 725 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large