Excellence in Leadership Academy
Public elementary school (charter) in Mission, Texas · Excellence in Leadership Academy · Grades Pre-K–8
Excellence in Leadership Academy serves 183 students in grades Pre-K–8 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is the only school in Excellence in Leadership Academy. By enrollment it is the 4545th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 11.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 16.52 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–8 |
| District | Excellence in Leadership Academy |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480143312793 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Excellence in Leadership Academy | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 183 | 183 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 11.1 | 11.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 83.1% | 83.1% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 5% 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.
Excellence in Leadership Academy in context
Size
Excellence in Leadership Academy is the only school in Excellence in Leadership Academy, so its 183 students are the district's whole enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 366; Excellence in Leadership Academy is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 25 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 9, against an average of 18 per grade. This year grade 8 has 13% fewer students than kindergarten (20 against 23). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 25 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
83.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 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. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 16.52 full-time-equivalent teachers for 183 students, Excellence in Leadership Academy has 11.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 183 students would have about 12.4 teachers, so Excellence in Leadership Academy has 4.1 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Excellence in Leadership Academy is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other elementary school is Leal Elementary School, 0.4 miles away in Mission CISD. Within 10 miles there are 81 other elementary schools, 27 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.5% |
48.6% of students are girls and 51.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 25 |
| Kindergarten | 23 |
| Grade 1 | 18 |
| Grade 2 | 15 |
| Grade 3 | 15 |
| Grade 4 | 21 |
| Grade 5 | 9 |
| Grade 6 | 18 |
| Grade 7 | 19 |
| Grade 8 | 20 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
915 W Expy 83, Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956)424-9504
Website: elacharterschool.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Excellence in Leadership Academy. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leal Elementary School | Mission CISD | 0.4 mi | 436 | 15 | 89.2% |
| Pearson Elementary School | Mission CISD | 0.5 mi | 307 | 13.5 | 91.2% |
| Brillante Academy | Brillante Academy | 0.8 mi | 354 | 27.8 | 83.9% |
| Marcell Elementary School | Mission CISD | 1.0 mi | 378 | 13.9 | 86.5% |
| Vanguard Monet | Vanguard Academy | 1.1 mi | 198 | 15.8 | 91.4% |
| Castro Elementary School | Mission CISD | 1.1 mi | 328 | 14.6 | 91.8% |
| Jose De Escandon Elementary School | La Joya ISD | 1.7 mi | 614 | 15.7 | 86.5% |
| IDEA Academy Mission | IDEA Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 664 | 16.9 | 93.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.