Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center

Size

Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center is the only school in Edcouch-Elsa ISD. Its 454 students are 10.4% of the district's 4,349. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 22.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 185; Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center 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

Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 454 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

97.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.3% across Edcouch-Elsa ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas 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

With 23.83 full-time-equivalent teachers for 454 students, Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center has 19.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 454 students would have about 26.7 teachers, so Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center has 2.9 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, fringe. The nearest other school is Mercedes Early Literacy Program, 10.9 miles away in Mercedes ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.