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Mission Early Learning

Public school in Mission, Texas · Mission CISD · Grades Pre-K

Mission Early Learning serves 183 students in pre-K in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 22 schools in Mission CISD. By enrollment it is the 93rd largest of 130 public schools in Texas (median 257 students). With 23.2 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas school (17).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 130 Texas schools with enrollment listed on this site.

183
students
23.2
students per teacher
98.9%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 7.88 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelPre-K
GradesPre-K
DistrictMission CISD
CountyHidalgo County
Area typeCity, small
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID483104013565

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolMission CISDTexas schools (median)
Students18313,765257
Students per teacher23.21417
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible98.9%86.2%85.7%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 91% of Texas schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Mission Early Learning in context

Size

Mission Early Learning is the only school in Mission CISD. Its 183 students are 1.3% of the district's 13,765. The 8 nearest schools are a median 33 miles away and have a median of 188 students, so Mission Early Learning is close to their typical size.

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

Mission Early Learning serves a single grade, pre-K, with 183 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 92.3% of enrollment, a lower share than across Mission CISD (97.5%).

98.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 86.2% across Mission CISD 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

Mission Early Learning has 7.88 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 183 students would have about 10.8 teachers, so Mission Early Learning 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

NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other school is Psja Early Start, 8.5 miles away in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. There are 0 schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
92.3%
White
7.7%

42.6% of students are girls and 57.4% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

1201 Bryce Dr., Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956)323-5500

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Mission Early Learning. Blue: the nearest schools.

Nearby schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Psja Early StartPharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD8.5 mi52719.695.3%
Early ChildhoodEdinburg CISD10.8 mi35237.9100%
Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood CenterEdcouch-Elsa ISD21.6 mi45419.197.8%
Mercedes Early Literacy ProgramMercedes ISD24.7 mi18938.7100%
Driscoll Play and Learn Day Care San Benito CenterDriscoll ISD41.2 mi22––
Early Childhood Development CenterCorpus Christi ISD119.9 mi15016.954.7%
Early Childhood Center at Fw GrossVictoria ISD194.7 mi17014.998.8%
Floresville Early Childhood CenterFloresville ISD201.9 mi1861779%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Mission CISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Alton Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5337
Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8819
Bryan Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5653
Cantu Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5521
Carl C Waitz Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5361
Castro Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5328
Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5345
Hurla M Midkiff Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5657
Leal Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5436
Marcell Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5378
Mims Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5673
Mission Collegiate High SchoolHigh9–12399
Mission High SchoolHigh9–122,154
Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8711
Ollie O'Grady Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5457
Pearson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5307
Rafael a Cantu Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8591
Raquel Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5521
Salinas Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5366
Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh9–121,737
White Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8831