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What's one thing COLLINS-PARR EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO ISD·NCES 483882004428
Collins-Parr Elementary School
600 S REFORMA, SAN DIEGO, TX 78384 · (361) 279-3382 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- A+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
14.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
617 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 82 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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 SAN DIEGO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp 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 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
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% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Collins-Parr Elementary School
Collins-Parr Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins-Parr Elementary School this school | 688 | 89.7% | 42.9% |
| Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 691 | 90.7% | 24.8% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo LAREDO | 679 | 88.5% | 36.8% |
| La Academia De Estrellas DALLAS | 727 | 89.5% | 42.4% |
| IDEA La Joya Academy LA JOYA | 656 | 90.5% | 28.6% |
| Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy ROBSTOWN | 676 | 89.8% | 22.7% |
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 Collins-Parr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,224 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,893 of 4,466 ▼ 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,201 of 4,466 ▼ 355 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.0pp | #271 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #998 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,321 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.9% | #4,422 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,110 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,219 of 2,838 |
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
688
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 688 | 46.3 | 14.9:1 | 90% (617) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 48.5 | 14.8:1 | 90% (649) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 45.9 | 15.9:1 | 93% (675) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 90% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 77% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 76% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 23% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 89% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collins-Parr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (748 to 688); teachers up 3% (45 to 46.3).
About Collins-Parr Elementary School
Collins-Parr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in SAN DIEGO. The school had 688 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 33% bigger than that.
SAN DIEGO ISD serves 1,453 students across 3 schools.
The large majority of students at Collins-Parr Elementary School, 99%, are Hispanic. The county population is about 82% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Collins-Parr Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 3%.
With 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Collins-Parr Elementary School was 14.9:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Collins-Parr Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 90%. Across public schools in Duval County, the average is about the same, 88%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Collins-Parr Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Collins-Parr Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.9% is 7.5 points above the 35.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Duval County, median household income is about $49,038, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 7% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Collins-Parr Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Duval County, which together enroll about 2,346 students.
The school nearest to Collins-Parr Elementary School is Bernarda Jaime Junior High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Collins-Parr Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Collins-Parr Elementary School had 707 students in 2020-21 and 688 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 14.9:1.
Community posts for Collins-Parr Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,742
Census ACS
Median income
$49,038
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN DIEGO ISD
- San Diego High SchoolHigh · 446 students
- Bernarda Jaime Junior High SchoolMiddle · 319 students
Other schools in SAN DIEGO
- San Diego High SchoolHigh · 446 students
- Bernarda Jaime Junior High SchoolMiddle · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Bernarda Jaime Junior High School0.3 mi · 319
- San Diego High School0.7 mi · 446
- Noonan Elementary School9.6 mi · 523
- Saenz Elementary School9.8 mi · 471
- Dubose Elementary School10.6 mi · 483
- Adams Middle School10.6 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Collins-Parr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Collins-Parr Elementary School?
Collins-Parr Elementary School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Collins-Parr Elementary School serve?
Collins-Parr Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Collins-Parr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Collins-Parr Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Collins-Parr Elementary School?
At Collins-Parr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Collins-Parr Elementary School in?
Collins-Parr Elementary School is part of SAN DIEGO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.