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Salinas Elem

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 396 students

Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+8.3 ptsvs 77.7 average · 1,672 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
394 of 1,672tied with 60 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 99 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.7 average for 1,672 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 4 points

78 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 11.9 points above the 70.1 average among 1,555 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
54%vs 40.4% avg · +13.6 pts
Masters
30%vs 16% avg · +14 pts

Among 1,555 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
58%vs 39% avg · +19 pts
Masters
31%vs 15.1% avg · +15.9 pts

Among 1,552 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

Salinas Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.7 average for 1,672 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 394th of 1,672 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 60 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSalinas Elem 9687898986 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 99 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
2025-26B8677.7 1,672 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8977.4 1,655 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8973.9 1,639 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8773.2 1,636 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9681.9 1,618 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+11.9 vs similar economic context · 1,555 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+11.2 vs similar economic context · 1,552 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C+2.9 vs similar economic context · 1,543 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C+5.6 vs similar economic context · 1,531 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+13.2 vs similar economic context · 1,551 reporting
  • Salinas Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,672 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement82B8
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance90A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below B 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 (90), so Student Achievement (82) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,555 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,552 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,552 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,552 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,470 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,470 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,470 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,672 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
396
Economically disadvantaged
96.2%+3.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
37.6%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.6%−3.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
97.1%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.5%−13.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Salinas Elem

Hispanic: 95.2%White: 4.5%Two or More Races: 0.3%
  • Hispanic 95.2%
  • White 4.5%
  • Two or More Races 0.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,672 reporting for every category shown · 1,672 in full cohort

African American: 15%Hispanic: 77.4%White: 4.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 15%
  • Hispanic 77.4%
  • White 4.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
396
Economically disadvantaged students
381
Emergent bilingual students
149
Special education students
54

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
165
Students in TEA mobility denominator
287
TEA-published mobility rate
57.5%

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 396 students in 2025–26, an increase of 30 (8.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
396

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+30

Increase · +8.2%

Change since 2021–22
+64

Increase · +19.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
396
Selected comparison
555.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,654 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Salinas Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSalinas ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 332 First available year 604.7
2022–23 366 Increase of 34 (10.2%) 601.1
2023–24 362 Decrease of 4 (1.1%) 590.8
2024–25 366 Increase of 4 (1.1%) 583.6
2025–26 396 Increase of 30 (8.2%) 555.7

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
17

4.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
27

6.63 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
407

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.2%
Selected comparison
13.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 966 rated schools reporting

−8.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
6.63
Selected comparison
31.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,044 rated schools reporting

−24.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Salinas Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 389 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 367 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 403 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 387 Suppressed — 10 2.58 — 33.1
2024–25 407 17 4.2% 27 6.63 13.1% 31.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Salinas Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 17 4.2% 27 6.63 13.1% 31.1
In-school suspensions 17 4.2% 22 5.41 11.5% 22.2
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
  • Salinas Elem
  • Parent district: Mission CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,563
Selected comparison
$13,399

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,654 rated schools reporting

+$1,164 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,563 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
YearSalinas ElemParent district: Mission CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,185$12,769$13,054$8,395 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,577 rated schools reporting
2019$9,127$11,548$13,108$8,379 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,598 rated schools reporting
2020$8,432$11,703$14,058$8,881 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,601 rated schools reporting
2021$9,830$13,049$14,797$9,748 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,603 rated schools reporting
2022$13,876$15,331$15,708$11,258 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,619 rated schools reporting
2023$11,580$15,590$16,792$11,750 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,636 rated schools reporting
2024$17,778$17,525$18,125$12,812 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,643 rated schools reporting
2025$14,563$17,706$18,972$13,399 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,654 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
$72,327+$3,727 vs similar economic context
Teachers
25−14.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16+1.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Salinas Elem

1 to 5 years: 20.2%6 to 10 years: 16.2%11 to 20 years: 40.1%21 to 30 years: 16.2%Over 30 years: 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 16.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 40.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.2%
  • Over 30 years 7.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,672 reporting for every category shown · 1,672 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 18.6%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Salinas Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSalinas Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.718.1
Grade 123.318.3
Grade 222.418.3
Grade 317.618.4
Grade 418.618.3
Grade 521.219

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

3 measures

  • 14of 240

    Attendance

    Hidalgo County · of the 240 that report this measure

  • 71of 1,552

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,552 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 74of 1,555

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,555 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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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 108908113.