Regular local school district · Hidalgo County
McAllen ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
McAllen ISD runs 31 public schools with 19,890 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "MCALLEN ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 31
- Students
- 19,890
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,445
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2000 N 23rd St, McAllen, TX 78501
- Phone
- (956)618-6000
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4829670
- State district ID
- TX-108906
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,182
- School counselors (FTE)
- 70.0About 284 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 83.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (21,602), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $278.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $46.0 million
- State revenue
- $139.4 million
- Local revenue
- $93.4 million
- Total spending
- $272.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,616
- Salaries
- $169.8 million62.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $90.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 33.5%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,616
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in McAllen ISD
By level: 5 high, 6 middle, 18 elementary, 2 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Achieve Early College High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 428 | 13.0 |
| Alvarez ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 435 | 16.1 |
| Blanca E SanchezCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 502 | 17.3 |
| Brown MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 580 | 11.6 |
| Castaneda ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 374 | 14.4 |
| Cathey MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 827 | 15.6 |
| De Leon MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 664 | 11.9 |
| Dr Pablo PerezCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 601 | 17.2 |
| Escandon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 478 | 14.5 |
| Fields ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 443 | 12.7 |
| Garza ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 409 | 15.1 |
| Gonzalez ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 818 | 16.4 |
| Houston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 397 | 14.7 |
| Instr/Guid CenterCEP school | Secondary | 6 to 11 | 60 | 6.0 |
| Jackson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 548 | 14.1 |
| Lamar AcademyCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 47 | 5.9 |
| Lucile Hendricks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 432 | 14.4 |
| McAllen High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,134 | 14.4 |
| McAuliffe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 385 | 13.8 |
| Memorial High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,021 | 13.1 |
| Michael E Fossum MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 791 | 14.9 |
| Milam ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 811 | 15.9 |
| Morris MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 999 | 14.9 |
| Rayburn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 530 | 15.6 |
| Roosevelt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 357 | 12.3 |
| Rowe High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,905 | 12.7 |
| Seguin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 530 | 14.7 |
| Southwest Key Program | Secondary | 9 | 1 | |
| Thigpen-Zavala ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 470 | 15.2 |
| Travis MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 505 | 11.7 |
| Wilson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 408 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hidalgo County
- IDEA Public Schools 79,430 students
- Edinburg CISD 33,343 students
- Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD 29,613 students
- LA Joya ISD 22,942 students
- Weslaco ISD 16,300 students
- Mission CISD 13,765 students
- Donna ISD 12,937 students
- Sharyland ISD 9,844 students
- Vanguard Academy 6,814 students
- South Texas ISD 4,639 students
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD 4,349 students
- Mercedes ISD 4,207 students
- Valley View ISD 3,444 students
- Hidalgo ISD 2,918 students
- Progreso ISD 1,339 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.