Public schools in Edinburg, TX

Edinburg has 52 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 12 high, 7 middle, 31 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 38,683 students. They are run by 6 districts and agencies; Edinburg CISD runs 42 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 6 districts and agencies that run Edinburg's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in EdinburgDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Edinburg CISD4233,911$13,129
Idea Public Schools574,217$11,857
South Texas ISD24,382$17,956
Vanguard Academy15,950$14,937
Texas Juvenile Justice Department1567not reported
Premier High Schools17,117$10,443

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

12 high schools in Edinburg, 12,538 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Economedes High School2,68915.091.7%Edinburg CISD
Edinburg North High School2,54214.179.9%Edinburg CISD
Edinburg High School2,26713.583.3%Edinburg CISD
Robert R Vela High School2,10114.361.0%Edinburg CISD
Idea Edinburg College Preparatory79517.081.9%Idea Public Schools
Idea Quest College Preparatory66715.578.9%Idea Public Schools
Edinburg Collegiate High School46614.967.4%Edinburg CISD
South Texas ISD World Scholars40313.260.8%South Texas ISD
Idea Toros College Preparatory25814.384.5%Idea Public Schools
Lone Star H S South159not reportednot reportedTexas Juvenile Justice Department
The other 2 high schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Premier High Schools - Edinburg Career & Technical15317.694.1%Premier High Schools
Juvenile Detention Ctr384.794.7%Edinburg CISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 middle schools in Edinburg, 7,263 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Betty Harwell Middle1,30113.594.3%Edinburg CISD
South Middle1,24614.262.1%Edinburg CISD
Francisco Barrientes Middle1,06411.880.0%Edinburg CISD
Memorial Middle1,04512.590.1%Edinburg CISD
B L Garza Middle1,03512.077.5%Edinburg CISD
South Texas ISD Preparatory Academy80213.944.9%South Texas ISD
Elias Longoria Sr Middle77012.281.4%Edinburg CISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

31 elementary schools in Edinburg, 16,748 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Idea Edinburg Academy72821.484.6%Idea Public Schools
Truman Elementary69616.284.6%Edinburg CISD
Canterbury Elementary68716.740.5%Edinburg CISD
Trevino Elementary67215.548.4%Edinburg CISD
Alfonso Ramirez Elementary66116.963.4%Edinburg CISD
De La Vina Elementary64117.076.0%Edinburg CISD
Eisenhower Elementary64015.986.3%Edinburg CISD
Carmen V Avila Elementary63616.089.3%Edinburg CISD
Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary62516.488.2%Edinburg CISD
R C Flores-Mark a Zapata Elementary62516.676.6%Edinburg CISD
The other 21 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Escandon Elementary60515.677.7%Edinburg CISD
Idea Quest Academy59218.086.3%Idea Public Schools
Zavala Elementary56517.187.3%Edinburg CISD
Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary55415.675.3%Edinburg CISD
Guerra Elementary54516.087.7%Edinburg CISD
Villarreal Elementary54316.392.8%Edinburg CISD
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary54117.789.3%Edinburg CISD
Monte Cristo Elementary53515.291.8%Edinburg CISD
Betts Elementary53416.389.9%Edinburg CISD
Freddy Gonzalez Elementary51717.259.6%Edinburg CISD
John F Kennedy Elementary51415.793.0%Edinburg CISD
Jefferson Elementary51115.164.6%Edinburg CISD
San Carlos Elementary47116.296.8%Edinburg CISD
Anne L Magee Elementary46016.477.6%Edinburg CISD
Lee Elementary41414.393.2%Edinburg CISD
L B Johnson Elementary40215.384.3%Edinburg CISD
Lincoln Elementary40014.287.5%Edinburg CISD
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary39915.173.7%Edinburg CISD
Austin Elementary36614.086.1%Edinburg CISD
Travis Elementary33713.384.3%Edinburg CISD
Brewster Elementary33211.968.4%Edinburg CISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Edinburg, 2,134 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Vanguard Beethoven1,78217.083.7%Vanguard Academy
Early Childhood35237.998.9%Edinburg CISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Edinburg's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Edinburg school has 15.5 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 96% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 579 students (state 507).

Edinburg against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
EdinburgTexas
Median students per teacher15.514.5
Median school size (students)579507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)96%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)94%52%
Charter schools13%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 52 Edinburg schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Edinburg

  1. Edinburg CISDRuns 42 of Edinburg's 52 public schools and spent $13,129 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,129
  2. Economedes High School, the largest high school in Edinburg2,689 students in 2024-25, 15.0 per teacher.2,689
  3. Compare Edinburg CISD with Idea Public SchoolsEdinburg's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Edinburg addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Edinburg

  1. How many public schools are in Edinburg, TX?
    52 public schools with an address in Edinburg were open in 2024-25: 12 high, 7 middle, 31 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 38,683 students. 7 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Edinburg?
    Economedes High School, with 2,689 students in 2024-25 (Edinburg CISD).
  3. Which districts run Edinburg's schools?
    Edinburg CISD (42 schools), Idea Public Schools (5 schools), South Texas ISD (2 schools), Vanguard Academy (1 school), and 2 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .