Schools · McAllen
McAllen, TX schools
Kids attend one of 18 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 6 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
McAllen’s School Grade: B-
The public schools McAllen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresB-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 51%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (764)Better than 50%
High confidence. Built on 6,265 tested students and a graduating class of 1,724; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where McAllen kids go to school
Grades PK–5
18 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list McAllen Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
6 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list McAllen Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, McAllen Independent)34%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
1,724
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #212 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving McAllen
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
McAllen is home to South Texas College
More about South Texas College →Every school
All 58 schools in McAllen
Showing 1–30 of 58 schools
Gonzalez ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 818 students
A+PublicMilam ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 811 students
APublicIdea Los Encinos AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 770 students
CharterIdea McAllen AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 738 students
B-CharterIdea Tres Lagos AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 695 students
CCharterDonna Wernecke ElElementary · Grades PK–6 · 631 students
C+PublicR C Flores-Mark A Zapata ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 625 students
BPublicLloyd & Dolly Bentsen ElElementary · Grades PK–6 · 611 students
C+PublicDr. Pablo PerezElementary · Grades PK–5 · 601 students
A-PublicIdea Quest AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 592 students
B+CharterJackson ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 548 students
C-PublicRayburn ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students
B+PublicSeguin ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students
C-PublicBlanca E SanchezElementary · Grades PK–5 · 502 students
BPublicCavazos ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 479 students
BPublicEscandon ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 478 students
DPublicThigpen-Zavala ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 470 students
C-PublicAnne L Magee ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
C+PublicFields ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 443 students
C-PublicAlvarez ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 435 students
DPublicLucile Hendricks ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 432 students
BPublicGarza ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 409 students
C+PublicWilson ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 408 students
C+PublicHouston ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 397 students
C+PublicMcAuliffe ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 385 students
C-PublicCastaneda ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 374 students
BPublicSalinas ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 366 students
C-PublicRoosevelt ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 357 students
C-PublicHorizon Montessori - STEM AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 331 students
B-CharterSt. Johns Episcopal Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 279 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.