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What's the most underrated thing about ALTO BONITO EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD·NCES 483714008361
Alto Bonito Elementary School
753 FM 2360, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 · (956) 370-4238 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
584 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 109 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alto Bonito Elementary School
Alto Bonito Elementary School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Bonito Elementary School this school | 588 | 99.3% | 45.6% |
| Farias Elementary School LAREDO | 597 | 100.0% | 78.2% |
| T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School LAREDO | 569 | 98.2% | 48.0% |
| Juan Seguin Elementary School MISSION | 569 | 98.2% | 27.4% |
| Daniel Singleterry Sr DONNA | 560 | 98.9% | 23.6% |
| Don Jose Gallego LAREDO | 557 | 98.7% | 47.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alto Bonito Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,889 of 4,401 | #11 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,100 of 4,466 ▲ 862 | #11 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,195 of 4,466 ▼ 752 | #12 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #286 of 3,998 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #1,706 of 4,938 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,053 of 4,622 | #15 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,622 of 4,628 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #64 of 4,789 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #1,105 of 1,307 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
588
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 588 | 33.7 | 17.4:1 | 99% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 38.4 | 15.2:1 | 100% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 36.6 | 15.6:1 | 100% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 99% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 36.6 | 15.6:1 | 97% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 94% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 12% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 98% (599) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alto Bonito Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (570 to 588); teachers down 8% (36.6 to 33.7).
About Alto Bonito Elementary School
Alto Bonito Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, under RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 588 students enrolled.
Alto Bonito Elementary School is a school in RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD. The district has 15 schools and 9,316 students.
The share of students at Alto Bonito Elementary School who are Hispanic is 100%. Starr County residents are about 97% Hispanic, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 0%.
Alto Bonito Elementary School reports a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher, from 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Alto Bonito Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools.
Alto Bonito Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.3 points (45.6% versus 31.3%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Starr County area, the median household earns about $37,639 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 31%. Across Starr County, 29 public schools serve about 16,900 students.
Grulla Elementary School is about 1.6 miles from Alto Bonito Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Alto Bonito Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Alto Bonito Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 578 to 588. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Starr County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,067
Census ACS
Median income
$37,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
16,900 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Grulla Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City AcademyElementary · 717 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City College PreparatoryHigh · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Grulla Elementary School1.6 mi · 414
- Grulla High School1.8 mi · 716
- Grulla Middle School2.8 mi · 632
- La Union Elementary School4.6 mi · 341
- Rosendo Benavides Elementary School5.1 mi · 267
- Sam Fordyce Elementary School6.2 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Alto Bonito Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Alto Bonito Elementary School?
Alto Bonito Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alto Bonito Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alto Bonito Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alto Bonito Elementary School have?
Alto Bonito Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alto Bonito Elementary School?
At Alto Bonito Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
Is Alto Bonito Elementary School public or private?
Alto Bonito Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.