Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School
Public elementary school in Mission, Texas · La Joya ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School serves 715 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 36 schools in La Joya ISD. By enrollment it is the 819th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.8 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 45.14 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | La Joya ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482613010829 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | La Joya ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 715 | 22,942 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.8 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 81.4% | 92.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 68% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 22 elementary schools in La Joya ISD, Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School is the largest, with 3.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.5 miles away and have a median of 531 students, so Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is pre-K with 229 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 64, against an average of 102 per grade. This year grade 5 has 36% more students than kindergarten (87 against 64). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 229 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
81.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.3% across La Joya ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School has 45.14 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 715 students would have about 48.3 teachers, so Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School has 3.2 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is E B Reyna Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. There are 32 elementary schools within 5 miles and 75 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.6% |
| Black | 0.3% |
| White | 0.1% |
49.2% of students are girls and 50.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 229 |
| Kindergarten | 64 |
| Grade 1 | 69 |
| Grade 2 | 74 |
| Grade 3 | 86 |
| Grade 4 | 106 |
| Grade 5 | 87 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2612 N Moorefield Rd, Mission, TX 78574
Phone: (956)323-2720
Website: lajoyaisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E B Reyna Elementary School | La Joya ISD | 0.8 mi | 523 | 14.9 | 87% |
| IDEA Palmview Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.3 mi | 705 | 21.3 | 97.9% |
| IDEA North Mission Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.4 mi | 719 | 20.6 | 92.5% |
| Ollie O'Grady Elementary School | Mission CISD | 1.4 mi | 457 | 16.2 | 91.7% |
| Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School | La Joya ISD | 1.5 mi | 538 | 16.4 | 85.7% |
| Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary School | Mission CISD | 1.5 mi | 345 | 14.1 | 82.6% |
| Vanguard Monet | Vanguard Academy | 1.7 mi | 198 | 15.8 | 91.4% |
| Jose De Escandon Elementary School | La Joya ISD | 1.7 mi | 614 | 15.7 | 86.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.