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Marcell Elem

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 370 students

Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.8 ptsvs 77.2 average · 2,357 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
711 of 2,357tied with 83 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.2 average for 2,357 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 14 points

69 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 5.8 points above the 77.2 average among 2,357 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 21 points

62 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 8.6 points above the 74.4 average among 2,168 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 40.8% avg · +9.2 pts
Masters
23%vs 15.9% avg · +7.1 pts

Among 2,190 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

Marcell Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.2 average for 2,357 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 711th of 2,357 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 83 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMarcell Elem 8466766983 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 87 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
2025-26B8377.2 2,357 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6977.0 2,343 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7674.0 2,327 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6674.3 2,313 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8481.6 2,290 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 Achievement75 C+4.0 vs similar economic context · 2,190 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+4.6 vs similar economic context · 2,183 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps83 B+8.6 vs similar economic context · 2,168 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 2,137 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+6.4 vs similar economic context · 2,183 reporting
  • Marcell Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,357 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps83B7
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance83B7

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 7 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 (83), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level67%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,190 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,190 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,190 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,189 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,189 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,189 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,179 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,179 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,179 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,357 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
370
Economically disadvantaged
85.1%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
31.4%−3.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.5%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.4%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
19.2%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Marcell Elem

Hispanic: 97%White: 2.4%American Indian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 0.3%
  • Hispanic 97%
  • White 2.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 0.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,357 reporting for every category shown · 2,357 in full cohort

African American: 14.3%Hispanic: 72.5%White: 9.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2.1%
  • African American 14.3%
  • Hispanic 72.5%
  • White 9.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
370
Economically disadvantaged students
315
Emergent bilingual students
116
Special education students
72

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
153
Students in TEA mobility denominator
289
TEA-published mobility rate
52.9%

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 370 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 8 (2.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
370

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−8

Decrease · −2.1%

Change since 2021–22
−6

Decrease · −1.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
370
Selected comparison
611.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,326 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Marcell Elem
School yearStudents enrolledMarcell ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 376 First available year 643.4
2022–23 423 Increase of 47 (12.5%) 641.9
2023–24 397 Decrease of 26 (6.1%) 635.6
2024–25 378 Decrease of 19 (4.8%) 632.4
2025–26 370 Decrease of 8 (2.1%) 611.2

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
422

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Marcell Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 455 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 427 24 5.6% 60 14.05 12.6% 30.1
2022–23 446 30 6.7% 61 13.68 13.6% 33.3
2023–24 428 11 2.6% 14 3.27 13.7% 33.6
2024–25 422 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Marcell 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.

$7k$14k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Marcell Elem
  • Parent district: Mission CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,988
Selected comparison
$13,260

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,341 rated schools reporting

−$272 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,988 per student for this campus, $17,706 per student for its parent district, Mission 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
YearMarcell ElemParent district: Mission CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,027$12,769$13,054$8,275 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,224 rated schools reporting
2019$8,334$11,548$13,108$8,333 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,253 rated schools reporting
2020$8,331$11,703$14,058$8,857 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,263 rated schools reporting
2021$9,424$13,049$14,797$9,581 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,270 rated schools reporting
2022$11,435$15,331$15,708$11,016 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,290 rated schools reporting
2023$10,943$15,590$16,792$11,538 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,312 rated schools reporting
2024$12,098$17,525$18,125$12,468 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,326 rated schools reporting
2025$12,988$17,706$18,972$13,260 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,341 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
$69,190+$1,558 vs similar economic context
Teachers
27−15.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.7−0.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Marcell Elem

1 to 5 years: 29.5%6 to 10 years: 14.8%11 to 20 years: 33.6%21 to 30 years: 22.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 29.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 14.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 22.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,357 reporting for every category shown · 2,357 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.1%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Marcell Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMarcell Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten16.318.1
Grade 11918.5
Grade 219.318.4
Grade 317.618.8
Grade 415.918.8
Grade 518.619.8

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

1 measure

  • 117of 2,189

    Reading — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,189 that report this measure · tied with 12

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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