C E VAIL EL

C E VAIL EL is a tight-knit primary school in LA FERIA, Texas, run under LA FERIA ISD. The school works with 376 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so C E VAIL EL sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

LA FERIA ISD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,861 students; C E VAIL EL is among them.

Demographically, C E VAIL EL shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 2% White.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), C E VAIL EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 59.0%, a residual of +26.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cameron County) shows that median household income runs about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), C E VAIL EL is one campus in the mix.

NOEMI DOMINGUEZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C E VAIL EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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