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Elias Herrera MS

Webb County · Region 01: Edinburg · 1,128 students

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Current score
88/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.3 ptsvs 82.7 average · 1,574 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
445 of 1,574tied with 66 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 93 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.7 average for 1,574 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
63%vs 55% avg · +8 pts
Masters
35%vs 24.4% avg · +10.6 pts

Among 1,524 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
55%vs 48.5% avg · +6.5 pts
Masters
23%vs 20.1% avg · +2.9 pts

Among 1,517 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
76%vs 59.9% avg · +16.1 pts
Masters
51%vs 26.1% avg · +24.9 pts

Among 1,522 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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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

Elias Herrera MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.7 average for 1,574 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 445th of 1,574 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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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 averageElias Herrera MS 9291898988 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 93 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
2025-26B8882.7 1,574 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8983.1 1,543 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8981.1 1,515 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9181.6 1,499 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9284.0 1,479 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 Achievement90 A+7.2 vs similar economic context · 1,524 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+8.1 vs similar economic context · 1,520 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps82 B+1.9 vs similar economic context · 1,509 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+6.6 vs similar economic context · 1,492 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+10.6 vs similar economic context · 1,520 reporting
  • Elias Herrera MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,574 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement90A—
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps82B8
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance90A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 8 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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level84%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,524 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,524 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,524 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,522 reporting
  • Meets grade level76%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,522 reporting
  • Masters grade level51%+25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,522 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,408 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,408 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,408 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 795 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 795 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 795 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,574 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
1,128
Economically disadvantaged
46.4%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
22.0%+9.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.0%−1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.2%−5.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Elias Herrera MS

African American: 0.3%Hispanic: 97.3%White: 1.4%Asian: 0.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 0.1%
  • African American 0.3%
  • Hispanic 97.3%
  • White 1.4%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 0.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 reporting for every category shown · 1,574 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 38.9%White: 43.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 38.9%
  • White 43.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,128
Economically disadvantaged students
523
Emergent bilingual students
248
Special education students
192

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
44
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,168
TEA-published mobility rate
3.8%

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 1,128 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 18 (1.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,128

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−18

Decrease · −1.6%

Change since 2021–22
+28

Increase · +2.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,128
Selected comparison
668.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,534 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Elias Herrera MS
School yearStudents enrolledElias Herrera MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,100 First available year 665.9
2022–23 1,097 Decrease of 3 (0.3%) 671.2
2023–24 1,055 Decrease of 42 (3.8%) 671.5
2024–25 1,146 Increase of 91 (8.6%) 668.5
2025–26 1,128 Decrease of 18 (1.6%) 668.6

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
105

9.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
211

18.22 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,158

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
9.1%
Selected comparison
11.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,221 rated schools reporting

−2.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
18.22
Selected comparison
25.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,310 rated schools reporting

−7.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Elias Herrera MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,273 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 1,147 105 9.2% 194 16.91 11.6% 25.1
2022–23 1,131 103 9.1% 151 13.35 12.0% 26.6
2023–24 1,082 98 9.1% 194 17.93 12.0% 27.3
2024–25 1,158 105 9.1% 211 18.22 11.7% 25.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Elias Herrera MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 105 9.1% 211 18.22 11.7% 25.6
In-school suspensions 96 8.3% 159 13.73 10.5% 19.7
Out-of-school suspensions 27 2.3% 37 3.20 5.8% 8.1
DAEP placements 13 1.1% 15 1.30 4.2% 5
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$13k$20k202120232025
  • Elias Herrera MS
  • Parent district: United ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,228
Selected comparison
$11,930

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 rated schools reporting

−$4,702 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,228 per student for this campus, $14,348 per student for its parent district, United 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
YearElias Herrera MSParent district: United ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$6,028$13,076$14,797$8,898 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,469 rated schools reporting
2022$7,675$15,006$15,708$10,162 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,482 rated schools reporting
2023$7,526$14,779$16,792$10,605 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,499 rated schools reporting
2024$7,392$15,029$18,125$11,547 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,515 rated schools reporting
2025$7,228$14,348$18,972$11,930 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 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
$64,685−$2,421 vs similar economic context
Teachers
60+16.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
18.8−1.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Elias Herrera MS

Beginning: 5%1 to 5 years: 25%6 to 10 years: 11.7%11 to 20 years: 26.7%21 to 30 years: 25%Over 30 years: 6.7%
  • Beginning 5%
  • 1 to 5 years 25%
  • 6 to 10 years 11.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 25%
  • Over 30 years 6.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 reporting for every category shown · 1,574 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 24%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 29.9%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 24%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Elias Herrera MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classElias Herrera MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 62517.8
Secondary English23.815.3
Secondary math21.616.3
Secondary science26.417.7
Secondary social studies26.417.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 120 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

2 measures

  • 7of 76

    Reading — Masters

    Webb County · of the 76 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 27

    Social Studies — Masters

    Webb County · of the 27 that report this measure

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 240903058.