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Edith & Ethel Carman Elem

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 730 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+9.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,227 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
391 of 2,227tied with 57 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.5 average for 2,227 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
52%vs 41.6% avg · +10.4 pts
Masters
26%vs 16.2% avg · +9.8 pts

Among 2,060 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
48%vs 37.9% avg · +10.1 pts
Masters
24%vs 14.2% avg · +9.8 pts

Among 2,048 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
57%vs 46% avg · +11 pts
Masters
27%vs 18% avg · +9 pts

Among 2,058 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

Edith & Ethel Carman Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.5 average for 2,227 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 391st of 2,227 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 57 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 averageEdith & Ethel Carman Elem 9379858987 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 A with 91 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
2025-26B8777.5 2,227 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8977.1 2,214 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8574.5 2,197 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7974.8 2,182 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9381.7 2,162 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 Achievement78 C+6.2 vs similar economic context · 2,060 reporting
  • School Progress86 B+7.3 vs similar economic context · 2,052 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps90 A+15.4 vs similar economic context · 2,038 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+10.7 vs similar economic context · 2,005 reporting
  • Relative Performance86 B+9.0 vs similar economic context · 2,052 reporting
  • Edith & Ethel Carman Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,227 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement78C2
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps90A—
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance86B4

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 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 (86), so Student Achievement (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level76%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,060 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,060 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,060 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,048 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,048 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,048 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,901 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,901 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,901 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,227 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
730
Economically disadvantaged
82.0%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
26.1%−5.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
11.0%−7.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.4%+3.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
7.8%−13.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Edith & Ethel Carman Elem

African American: 0.3%Hispanic: 97.7%White: 1.9%American Indian: 0.1%
  • African American 0.3%
  • Hispanic 97.7%
  • White 1.9%
  • American Indian 0.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,227 reporting for every category shown · 2,227 in full cohort

African American: 14.3%Hispanic: 69.8%White: 11.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.6%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.4%
  • African American 14.3%
  • Hispanic 69.8%
  • White 11.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
729
Economically disadvantaged students
598
Emergent bilingual students
190
Special education students
80

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
92
Students in TEA mobility denominator
323
TEA-published mobility rate
28.5%

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 730 students in 2025–26, an increase of 44 (6.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
730

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+44

Increase · +6.4%

Change since 2021–22
+125

Increase · +20.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
730
Selected comparison
620.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,198 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Edith & Ethel Carman Elem
School yearStudents enrolledEdith & Ethel Carman ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 605 First available year 650
2022–23 638 Increase of 33 (5.5%) 651.4
2023–24 642 Increase of 4 (0.6%) 644.4
2024–25 686 Increase of 44 (6.9%) 640.5
2025–26 730 Increase of 44 (6.4%) 620.5

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
715

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Edith & Ethel Carman Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 642 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 644 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 656 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 688 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 715 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Edith & Ethel Carman Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected 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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Edith & Ethel Carman Elem
  • Parent district: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,226
Selected comparison
$13,232

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 rated schools reporting

−$3,006 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,226 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
Spending per student by year
YearEdith & Ethel Carman ElemParent district: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,062$12,616$13,054$8,233 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,096 rated schools reporting
2019$7,485$13,031$13,108$8,335 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,123 rated schools reporting
2020$8,804$13,616$14,058$8,836 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,136 rated schools reporting
2021$8,749$14,704$14,797$9,513 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,145 rated schools reporting
2022$10,066$16,698$15,708$10,983 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,162 rated schools reporting
2023$9,521$16,916$16,792$11,495 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,181 rated schools reporting
2024$10,468$17,365$18,125$12,478 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,196 rated schools reporting
2025$10,226$17,543$18,972$13,232 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 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
$68,950+$1,547 vs similar economic context
Teachers
44+1.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.7+2.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Edith & Ethel Carman Elem

1 to 5 years: 29.7%6 to 10 years: 22.6%11 to 20 years: 16%21 to 30 years: 27.2%Over 30 years: 4.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 29.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 16%
  • 21 to 30 years 27.2%
  • Over 30 years 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,227 reporting for every category shown · 2,227 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Edith & Ethel Carman Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classEdith & Ethel Carman Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2218
Grade 12218.4
Grade 219.118.4
Grade 321.318.9
Grade 421.818.9
Grade 52320

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

2 measures

  • 54of 2,136

    Attendance

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,136 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 94of 2,132

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,132 that report this measure · tied with 4

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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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 108909119.