Stuart Place Elementary School
Public elementary school in Harlingen, Texas · Harlingen CISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Stuart Place Elementary School serves 578 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Harlingen (Cameron County). It is one of 28 schools in Harlingen CISD. By enrollment it is the 1783rd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.3 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 ÷ 35.53 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Harlingen CISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482253002288 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Harlingen CISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 578 | 16,471 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16.3 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 54.8% | 76.7% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 76% 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.
Stuart Place Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 18 elementary schools in Harlingen CISD, Stuart Place Elementary School is the 4th largest, with 3.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 3 miles away and have a median of 383 students, so Stuart Place 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 grade 4 with 99 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 48, against an average of 83 per grade. This year grade 5 has 19% more students than kindergarten (92 against 77). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 48 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 94.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Harlingen CISD (94.6%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
54.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.7% across Harlingen CISD 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
Stuart Place Elementary School has 35.53 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 578 students would have about 39.1 teachers, so Stuart Place Elementary School has 3.6 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 Jubilee Harlingen, 1.8 miles away in Jubilee Academies. There are 17 elementary schools within 5 miles and 36 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 94.6% |
| White | 5% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
| Black | 0.2% |
49.3% of students are girls and 50.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 48 |
| Kindergarten | 77 |
| Grade 1 | 86 |
| Grade 2 | 82 |
| Grade 3 | 94 |
| Grade 4 | 99 |
| Grade 5 | 92 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
6701 Business Hwy 83, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956)427-3160
Website: hcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Stuart Place Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee Harlingen | Jubilee Academies | 1.8 mi | 377 | 17.1 | 80.1% |
| Dr. Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 2.5 mi | 674 | 17.7 | 64.5% |
| IDEA Harlingen Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 2.5 mi | 651 | 21 | 84.8% |
| Lamar Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 2.9 mi | 401 | 14.2 | 88.5% |
| Crockett Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 3.2 mi | 234 | 16.5 | 94% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 3.2 mi | 259 | 15.1 | 94.2% |
| Ben Milam Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 3.3 mi | 389 | 17.1 | 97.2% |
| Wilson Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 3.4 mi | 373 | 14.9 | 79.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.