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Schools in Palmview · La Joya Independent School District

Palmview’s public schools score below 88% of Texas districts

The public schools Palmview’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

Math proficiency
18%
▼ 19 pts vs TX 37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
85%
▼ 5 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2019
Spent per student
$13.6K
▲ 6% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.6
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools
3
1,232 students
In brief

What Palmview’s schools are like

Low even next to similar towns

It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 430 Texas towns with similar household incomes, Palmview still scores better than just 9%. How it compares ↓

Which school depends on your street

With five high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to E B Reyna El and Irene M Garcia Middle. See the path ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.

The School Grade

How Palmview compares

D Test scoresD Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 12%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (430)Better than 9%
High confidence. Built on 9,781 tested students and a graduating class of 2,047; 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 against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Texas only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Palmview.

The path, start to finish
PK–5E B Reyna ElLa Joya Independent School District
6–8Irene M Garcia MiddleLa Joya Independent School District
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your address

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math18%
State average 36.5%

Every school in Palmview

3 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

Elementary
Middle
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Within reach

Colleges near Palmview

There’s no college in Palmview, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is South Texas College in McAllen, 8 miles away.

Colleges →
South Texas CollegeCommunity college · Public · McAllen
8 mi20,017 students
The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen CampusCommunity college · For-profit · McAllen
9.1 mi728 students
Southern Careers Institute-PharrCommunity college · For-profit · Pharr
11.3 mi629 students
Rio Grande Valley CollegeCommunity college · For-profit · Pharr
12.6 mi883 students
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyUniversity or college · Public · Edinburg
13.9 mi26,858 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Palmview. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.

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