📍 920 W Main Ave, Alton, Hidalgo County, 78573
Cantu el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alton, Hidalgo County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Enrique Alvarez. It is part of the Mission Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cantu el enrolls 417 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 412 | 99% |
| White | 5 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
393 of the school's 417 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 385 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cantu 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 20, state house district 41.
Cantu el is one of 24 schools in MISSION CISD, based in MISSION, Texas. The district serves 13,765 students district-wide and employs 971 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Cantu el is smaller than the district average of about 574 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large