West RGV News

There were 20,399 students enrolled in Mcallen ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, a slight decrease from the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 93.5% of the Mcallen ISD total enrollment.

Mcallen ISD roughly covers schools within Hidalgo County with its main office in Mcallen.

Among the 30 schools in Mcallen ISD, McAllen High School recorded the highest enrollment of 2,133 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Total Enrollment
McAllen High School	2,133
Memorial High School	2,080
Rowe High School	1,944
Morris Middle School	1,016
Cathey Middle School	821
De Leon Middle School	800
Gonzalez Elementary School	797
Michael E. Fossum Middle School	780
Milam Elementary School	755
Brown Middle School	585
Seguin Elementary School	577
Dr. Pablo Perez	560
Jackson Elementary School	535
Travis Middle School	516
Blanca E. Sanchez	515
Castaneda Elementary School	500
Escandon Elementary School	495
Thigpen-Zavala Elementary School	494
Rayburn Elementary School	492
Fields Elementary School	481
Garza Elementary School	464
Alvarez Elementary School	461
Roosevelt Elementary School	433
Lucile Hendricks Elementary School	423
McAuliffe Elementary School	413
Achieve Early College High School	411
Wilson Elementary School	382
Houston Elementary School	378
Lamar Academy	87
Instr/Guid Center	71