DAVID G SANCHEZ EL

Set in LA FERIA, Texas, DAVID G SANCHEZ EL is a low-enrollment K-5 school, one of the schools within LA FERIA ISD. It caters to 330 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

DAVID G SANCHEZ EL is one of 8 schools operated by LA FERIA ISD, a district that caters to 2,861 students overall.

Demographically, DAVID G SANCHEZ EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school records 2% White.

Looking at school resources, DAVID G SANCHEZ EL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DAVID G SANCHEZ EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; DAVID G SANCHEZ EL posts 51.5%, +18.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cameron County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which DAVID G SANCHEZ EL is one.

C E VAIL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DAVID G SANCHEZ EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. DAVID G SANCHEZ EL's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 330). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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