Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA FERIA ISD·NCES 482604002929
C E Vail Elementary School
209 W JESSAMINE AVE, LA FERIA, TX 78559 · (956) 797-8460 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
14.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
354 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LA FERIA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 26 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 C E Vail Elementary School
C E Vail Elementary School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C E Vail Elementary School this school | 376 | 94.1% | 59.0% |
| Springdale Elementary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 94.1% | 31.6% |
| Sanchez Elementary School HOUSTON | 378 | 95.5% | 38.1% |
| Vida N Clover Elementary School SAN JUAN | 378 | 94.7% | 36.5% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School ELSA | 383 | 93.7% | 22.1% |
| Green El at Riverside Park SAN ANTONIO | 368 | 94.3% | 45.2% |
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 C E Vail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #818 of 4,401 | #14 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,680 of 4,466 ▼ 683 | #55 of 93 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,448 of 4,466 ▼ 100 | #31 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,811 of 3,998 | #50 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,696 of 4,938 | #68 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,953 of 4,622 | #21 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #4,240 of 4,628 | #39 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #606 of 4,789 | #28 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #928 of 2,838 | #25 of 64 |
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
376
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 94% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 25.5 | 13.6:1 | 93% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 95% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 92% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 92% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 90% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 83% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C E Vail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (489 to 376); teachers down 12% (29.5 to 26).
About C E Vail Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, C E Vail Elementary School serves students in LA FERIA, Texas. It enrolled 376 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
C E Vail Elementary School reports to LA FERIA ISD, which has 8 schools and 2,861 students.
Federal enrollment data show C E Vail Elementary School is 97% Hispanic. Other groups make up 2% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at C E Vail Elementary School total 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school counts 354 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cameron County is 84%.
allk12 grades C E Vail Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
C E Vail Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 59.0%. Predicted: 33.5%. Difference: 25.5 points.
Census estimates describe Cameron County this way: the median household income is $52,601, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. In all, Cameron County has 187 public schools and roughly 97,392 students.
Of nearby public schools, Noemi Dominguez Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. C E Vail Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, C E Vail Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 372 in 2020-21, 376 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at C E Vail Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA FERIA ISD
- La Feria Early College High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- W B Green Junior High SchoolMiddle · 391 students
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- David G Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- La Feria AcademyHigh · 19 students
Other schools in LA FERIA
- La Feria Early College High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- W B Green Junior High SchoolMiddle · 391 students
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- David G Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- La Feria AcademyHigh · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary School0.2 mi · 387
- David G Sanchez Elementary School0.6 mi · 330
- W B Green Junior High School0.6 mi · 391
- La Feria Academy0.7 mi · 19
- La Feria Early College High School0.8 mi · 901
- Sam Houston Elementary School1.2 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About C E Vail Elementary SchoolHow large is C E Vail Elementary School?
C E Vail Elementary School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-04.
Is C E Vail Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
C E Vail Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does C E Vail Elementary School have?
C E Vail Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C E Vail Elementary School?
At C E Vail Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is C E Vail Elementary School in?
C E Vail Elementary School is part of LA FERIA ISD.
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