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Cleckler/Heald Elem

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 889 students

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Current score
84/1002025-26
Change
−9 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.2 ptsvs 77.8 average · 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
594 of 2,138tied with 72 others
B84

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.8 average for 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
54%vs 42.6% avg · +11.4 pts
Masters
26%vs 16.7% avg · +9.3 pts

Among 1,976 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
52%vs 38.5% avg · +13.5 pts
Masters
25%vs 14.4% avg · +10.6 pts

Among 1,965 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 47.2% avg · +12.8 pts
Masters
28%vs 18.4% avg · +9.6 pts

Among 1,974 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Selected 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

Cleckler/Heald Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 84 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.8 average for 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 9 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 594th of 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 72 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCleckler/Heald Elem 9389858784 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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 B with 89 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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8477.8 2,138 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8777.5 2,126 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8574.9 2,110 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8975.5 2,093 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9381.6 2,075 reporting83.7 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.

  • Student Achievement82 B+9.2 vs similar economic context · 1,976 reporting
  • School Progress88 B+9.0 vs similar economic context · 1,970 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C+1.0 vs similar economic context · 1,956 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,920 reporting
  • Relative Performance88 B+10.6 vs similar economic context · 1,970 reporting
  • Cleckler/Heald Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,138 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement82B8
School Progress88B2
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance88B2

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 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 (88), so Student Achievement (82) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level81%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,976 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,976 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,976 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,965 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,965 reporting
  • Masters grade level25%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,965 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,821 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,821 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,821 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,138 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
889
Economically disadvantaged
79.1%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.9%−11.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.7%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
98.2%+4.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.6%−15.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Cleckler/Heald Elem

African American: 0.1%Hispanic: 98.1%White: 1.8%
  • African American 0.1%
  • Hispanic 98.1%
  • White 1.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,138 reporting for every category shown · 2,138 in full cohort

African American: 14%Hispanic: 66.5%White: 14.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.7%
  • African American 14%
  • Hispanic 66.5%
  • White 14.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
889
Economically disadvantaged students
703
Emergent bilingual students
150
Special education students
122

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
103
Students in TEA mobility denominator
712
TEA-published mobility rate
14.5%

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 889 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 20 (2.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
889

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−20

Decrease · −2.2%

Change since 2021–22
+35

Increase · +4.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
889
Selected comparison
635.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,107 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Cleckler/Heald Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCleckler/Heald ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 854 First available year 657.7
2022–23 948 Increase of 94 (11.0%) 661.8
2023–24 944 Decrease of 4 (0.4%) 657.1
2024–25 909 Decrease of 35 (3.7%) 653.4
2025–26 889 Decrease of 20 (2.2%) 635.2

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
945

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Cleckler/Heald Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 938 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 926 Suppressed — 11 1.19 — 31.1
2022–23 1,011 14 1.4% 18 1.78 13.7% 34.2
2023–24 1,004 17 1.7% 24 2.39 13.7% 34.1
2024–25 945 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Cleckler/Heald Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Cleckler/Heald Elem
  • Parent district: Weslaco ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,850
Selected comparison
$13,054

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,125 rated schools reporting

−$1,204 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,850 per student for this campus, $16,073 per student for its parent district, Weslaco ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearCleckler/Heald ElemParent district: Weslaco ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,464$12,128$13,054$8,103 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 rated schools reporting
2019$7,366$11,764$13,108$8,237 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,030 rated schools reporting
2020$7,802$11,593$14,058$8,750 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 rated schools reporting
2021$8,116$12,217$14,797$9,385 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 rated schools reporting
2022$9,823$13,586$15,708$10,764 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 rated schools reporting
2023$9,091$13,547$16,792$11,249 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,093 rated schools reporting
2024$9,224$13,798$18,125$12,267 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,110 rated schools reporting
2025$11,850$16,073$18,972$13,054 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,125 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
$72,438+$5,469 vs similar economic context
Teachers
54+10.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.6+2.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Cleckler/Heald Elem

1 to 5 years: 3.7%6 to 10 years: 18.7%11 to 20 years: 28%21 to 30 years: 44%Over 30 years: 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 3.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 28%
  • 21 to 30 years 44%
  • Over 30 years 5.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,138 reporting for every category shown · 2,138 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.7%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Cleckler/Heald Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCleckler/Heald Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten20.218
Grade 119.218.4
Grade 221.618.4
Grade 318.918.9
Grade 421.619
Grade 520.420

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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 3of 240

    Attendance

    Hidalgo County · of the 240 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 7of 240

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Hidalgo County · of the 240 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 98of 1,974

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,974 that report this measure · tied with 15

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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