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Jefferson Elem

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 506 students

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Current score
92/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+11.1 ptsvs 80.9 average · 1,937 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
160 of 1,937tied with 48 others
A92

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 97 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.9 average for 1,937 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
70%vs 50.1% avg · +19.9 pts
Masters
44%vs 20.8% avg · +23.2 pts

Among 1,858 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
68%vs 44% avg · +24 pts
Masters
40%vs 17.2% avg · +22.8 pts

Among 1,847 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
79%vs 54.8% avg · +24.2 pts
Masters
52%vs 22.3% avg · +29.7 pts

Among 1,855 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

Jefferson Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 92 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average for 1,937 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 160th of 1,937 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 48 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 averageJefferson Elem 9691919292 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 97 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
2025-26A9280.9 1,937 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9280.7 1,911 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9178.7 1,890 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9179.3 1,857 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9682.7 1,832 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 Achievement92 A+12.5 vs similar economic context · 1,858 reporting
  • School Progress92 A+10.6 vs similar economic context · 1,851 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+13.8 vs similar economic context · 1,834 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+8.4 vs similar economic context · 1,800 reporting
  • Relative Performance92 A+12.5 vs similar economic context · 1,851 reporting
  • Jefferson Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,937 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress92A—
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance92A—

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 level91%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Meets grade level70%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Masters grade level44%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Masters grade level52%+30 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Meets grade level68%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,705 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,705 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,705 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,937 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
506
Economically disadvantaged
59.3%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
13.8%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
12.5%−6.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.4%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.5%−1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Jefferson Elem

African American: 0.2%Hispanic: 95.8%White: 3.2%Asian: 0.4%Two or More Races: 0.4%
  • African American 0.2%
  • Hispanic 95.8%
  • White 3.2%
  • Asian 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 0.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,937 reporting for every category shown · 1,937 in full cohort

African American: 10.2%Hispanic: 47.5%White: 35.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.2%
  • Hispanic 47.5%
  • White 35.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
506
Economically disadvantaged students
300
Emergent bilingual students
70
Special education students
63

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
39
Students in TEA mobility denominator
380
TEA-published mobility rate
10.3%

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 506 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 5 (1.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
506

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−5

Decrease · −1.0%

Change since 2021–22
+58

Increase · +12.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
506
Selected comparison
630.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,904 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Jefferson Elem
School yearStudents enrolledJefferson ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 448 First available year 637.6
2022–23 491 Increase of 43 (9.6%) 642.3
2023–24 477 Decrease of 14 (2.9%) 640.9
2024–25 511 Increase of 34 (7.1%) 638.7
2025–26 506 Decrease of 5 (1.0%) 630.7

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
551

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Jefferson Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 461 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 513 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 507 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 516 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 551 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Jefferson Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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
  • Jefferson Elem
  • Parent district: Edinburg CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,625
Selected comparison
$12,421

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,907 rated schools reporting

−$796 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,625 per student for this campus, $14,448 per student for its parent district, Edinburg CISD, $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
YearJefferson ElemParent district: Edinburg CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,220$11,287$13,054$7,918 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,762 rated schools reporting
2019$8,245$11,340$13,108$8,062 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,782 rated schools reporting
2020$8,664$11,404$14,058$8,675 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,801 rated schools reporting
2021$10,323$12,963$14,797$9,072 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 rated schools reporting
2022$11,140$15,174$15,708$10,416 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,833 rated schools reporting
2023$10,851$15,718$16,792$11,058 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,857 rated schools reporting
2024$11,619$15,340$18,125$11,859 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 rated schools reporting
2025$11,625$14,448$18,972$12,421 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,907 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
$72,035+$5,553 vs similar economic context
Teachers
34−7.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.8−4.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Jefferson Elem

1 to 5 years: 16.4%6 to 10 years: 17.5%11 to 20 years: 26.3%21 to 30 years: 39.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 16.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 17.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 39.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,937 reporting for every category shown · 1,937 in full cohort

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 25.3%6 to 10 years: 19.2%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Jefferson Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classJefferson Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2017.9
Grade 12018.2
Grade 221.718.4
Grade 319.518.6
Grade 41618.9
Grade 518.419.7

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 242

    Reading — Masters

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

4 measures

  • 4of 242

    All Subjects — Masters

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure

  • 7of 241

    Math — Masters

    Hidalgo County · of the 241 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 9of 242

    Reading — Approaches

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure

  • 10of 242

    Reading — Meets

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

4 measures

  • 11of 242

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure

  • 13of 241

    Math — Meets

    Hidalgo County · of the 241 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 14of 242

    All Subjects — Meets

    Hidalgo County · of the 242 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 182of 4,506

    Relative Performance

    Similar size · of the 4,506 that report this measure · tied with 69

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 108904105.