📍 4100 N 34th, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, 78504
Castaneda el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mcallen, Hidalgo County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Rodriguez. It is part of the Mcallen Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Castaneda el enrolls 500 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White and 1.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 479 | 96% |
| White | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 500 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 347 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Castaneda 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 41.
Castaneda el is one of 30 schools in MCALLEN ISD, based in MCALLEN, Texas. The district serves 19,890 students district-wide and employs 1,505 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Castaneda el is smaller than the district average of about 663 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize