Recent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
79 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 10.4 points above the 77.6 average among 2,114 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem
Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 570 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 88/1002025-26
- Change
- −6 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +10.4 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 347 of 2,114tied with 58 others
- Score vs region
- +2.3 ptsvs 85.7 average · 505 rated schools in Region 01: Edinburg
- Region 01: Edinburg placement
- 218 of 505tied with 24 others
- Score vs county
- +3.5 ptsvs 84.5 average · 253 rated schools in Hidalgo County
- Hidalgo County placement
- 102 of 253tied with 10 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +7.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 4,748 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 1,211 of 4,748tied with 136 others
- Score vs state
- +6.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 2,199 of 7,646tied with 256 others
B88
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.6 average for 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 85.7 average for 505 rated schools in Region 01: Edinburg.The current score is above the 84.5 average for 253 rated schools in Hidalgo County.The current score is above the 80.3 average for 4,748 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 16 points
74 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 15.1 points above the 74.9 average among 1,946 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 51%vs 40.5% avg · +10.5 pts
- Masters
- 27%vs 16.1% avg · +10.9 pts
Among 1,963 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
79 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 2.3 points above the 85.7 average among 505 schools in Region 01: Edinburg reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 16 points
74 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 6.8 points above the 83.2 average among 487 schools in Region 01: Edinburg reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Math above Region 01: Edinburg averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 56%vs 50.3% avg · +5.7 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 22.3% avg · +7.7 pts
Among 491 schools in Region 01: Edinburg reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
79 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 3.5 points above the 84.5 average among 253 schools in Hidalgo County reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 16 points
74 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 8.2 points above the 81.8 average among 240 schools in Hidalgo County reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Math above Hidalgo County averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 56%vs 48.4% avg · +7.6 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 21.5% avg · +8.5 pts
Among 241 schools in Hidalgo County reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
79 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 7.7 points above the 80.3 average among 4,748 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 16 points
74 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 12.2 points above the 77.8 average among 4,558 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Math above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 56%vs 47.4% avg · +8.6 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 21% avg · +9 pts
Among 4,558 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
79 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 6.7 points above the 81.3 average among 7,646 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 16 points
74 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 11.3 points above the 78.7 average among 7,185 Texas schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Math above Texas averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 56%vs 46.3% avg · +9.7 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 19.7% avg · +10.3 pts
Among 7,227 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Read the full rating context and placement
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.6 average for 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 347th of 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 58 others).
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 85.7 average for 505 rated schools in Region 01: Edinburg. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 218th of 505 rated schools in Region 01: Edinburg (tied with 24 others).
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 84.5 average for 253 rated schools in Hidalgo County. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 102nd of 253 rated schools in Hidalgo County (tied with 10 others).
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 4,748 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,211th of 4,748 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 136 others).
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,199th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 256 others).
Put the numbers in context
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2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 95 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 88 | 77.6 2,114 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 79 | 77.3 2,096 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 80 | 73.8 2,078 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 91 | 73.4 2,071 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 94 | 81.8 2,045 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,114 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 78 | C | 2 |
| School Progress | 87 | B | 3 |
| Closing the Gaps | 90 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 83 | B | 7 |
| Relative Performance | 87 | B | 3 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (87), so Student Achievement (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,114 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 570
- Economically disadvantaged
- 92.3%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 36.0%−4.6 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 14.0%−3.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 96.3%+3.3 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 8.7%−14.4 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem
- African American 0.2%
- Hispanic 99.6%
- White 0.2%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,114 reporting for every category shown · 2,114 in full cohort
- African American 14.9%
- Hispanic 76.3%
- White 5.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 01: Edinburg · 505 reporting for every category shown · 505 in full cohort
- African American 0.2%
- Hispanic 97.5%
- White 1.9%
- Asian 0.3%
- Two or More Races 0.1%
Selected comparison average For Hidalgo County · 253 reporting for every category shown · 253 in full cohort
- African American 0.2%
- Hispanic 97.8%
- White 1.5%
- Asian 0.3%
- Two or More Races 0.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,748 reporting for every category shown · 4,748 in full cohort
- African American 12.2%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 24.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.5%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 570
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 526
- Emergent bilingual students
- 205
- Special education students
- 80
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 46
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 298
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 15.4%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 570 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 28 (4.7%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 570
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −28
Decrease · −4.7%
- Change since 2021–22
- +30
Increase · +5.6%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 570
- Selected comparison
- 571.2
| School year | Students enrolledArnoldo Cantu Sr Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 540 | First available year | 616.4 |
| 2022–23 | 599 | Increase of 59 (10.9%) | 612.9 |
| 2023–24 | 612 | Increase of 13 (2.2%) | 603.1 |
| 2024–25 | 598 | Decrease of 14 (2.3%) | 596.3 |
| 2025–26 | 570 | Decrease of 28 (4.7%) | 571.2 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 641
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 637 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 607 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 641 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 639 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 641 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem
- Parent district: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $10,886
- Selected comparison
- $13,202
For 2025, TEA reported $10,886 per student for this campus, $17,543 per student for its parent district, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem | Parent district: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $7,158 | $12,616 | $13,054 | $8,317 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $8,058 | $13,031 | $13,108 | $8,335 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,021 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $8,033 | $13,616 | $14,058 | $8,840 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,025 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $8,603 | $14,704 | $14,797 | $9,649 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $10,888 | $16,698 | $15,708 | $11,225 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,045 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $11,571 | $16,916 | $16,792 | $11,731 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $11,238 | $17,365 | $18,125 | $12,647 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,081 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $10,886 | $17,543 | $18,972 | $13,202 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,094 rated schools reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $69,851+$1,579 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 37−3.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 15.6+1.0 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elem
- Beginning 2.7%
- 1 to 5 years 5.5%
- 6 to 10 years 10.9%
- 11 to 20 years 56.3%
- 21 to 30 years 21.9%
- Over 30 years 2.7%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,114 reporting for every category shown · 2,114 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.5%
- 1 to 5 years 27.2%
- 6 to 10 years 18.8%
- 11 to 20 years 27.1%
- 21 to 30 years 14.8%
- Over 30 years 3.4%
Selected comparison average For Region 01: Edinburg · 505 reporting for every category shown · 505 in full cohort
- Beginning 2.7%
- 1 to 5 years 19.3%
- 6 to 10 years 16.2%
- 11 to 20 years 35%
- 21 to 30 years 22.6%
- Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison average For Hidalgo County · 253 reporting for every category shown · 253 in full cohort
- Beginning 2.3%
- 1 to 5 years 18.4%
- 6 to 10 years 17.1%
- 11 to 20 years 37.2%
- 21 to 30 years 21.6%
- Over 30 years 3.5%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,748 reporting for every category shown · 4,748 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 26.4%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 15.5%
- Over 30 years 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classArnoldo Cantu Sr Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19.5 | 18.1 |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 18.3 |
| Grade 2 | 18.5 | 18.3 |
| Grade 3 | 20.7 | 18.5 |
| Grade 4 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
| Grade 5 | 21.8 | 19.3 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this school ranks best
Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
Other top-5% rankings
High placements in larger reporting groups
3 measures
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59of 2,000
Attendance
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,000 that report this measure · tied with 8
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90of 1,956
Math — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,956 that report this measure · tied with 16
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94of 1,994
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,994 that report this measure · tied with 2
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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