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What's something DELIA GONZALEZ GARCIA EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMA ISD·NCES 483774013779
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School
4186 W US HWY 83, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 · (956) 849-8450 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
449 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 57 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +81.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
88.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +83.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 81 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 83 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 38.0% | 11.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 55.0% | 33.0% | 10.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 88.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+51.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 51 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 Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School this school | 487 | 92.2% | 85.3% |
| Lyndon B Johnson Elementary School ELSA | 470 | 91.9% | 32.9% |
| La Encantada Elementary School SAN BENITO | 488 | 93.2% | 50.0% |
| Dr Mario E Ramirez Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 493 | 90.9% | 41.5% |
| Escandon Elementary School MCALLEN | 478 | 93.9% | 41.8% |
| Pena Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 501 | 90.4% | 58.0% |
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 Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #26 of 4,401 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #33 of 4,466 ▲ 67 | #4 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #103 of 4,466 ▲ 212 | #5 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #506 of 3,998 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #2,657 of 4,938 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,051 of 4,622 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,623 of 4,628 | #16 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #819 of 4,789 | #12 of 16 |
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
487
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 487 | 36.5 | 13.4:1 | 92% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 35.7 | 13.8:1 | 91% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 36.2 | 14.1:1 | 87% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 93% (490) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School.
About Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School
Students in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, attend Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 487 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School is one of 10 schools in ROMA ISD, which enrolls 6,019 students in total.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School is 100% Hispanic by enrollment. That is in line with Starr County, where about 97% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School scores 0%.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 92% at Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School. That is in line with the 93% average for public schools in Starr County.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia 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 99% of Texas public elementary schools.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 51.0 points (85.3% versus 34.3%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
In Starr County, the median household earns about $37,639 a year, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 31% of residents are in poverty. Starr County has 29 public schools with about 16,900 students, including Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School.
The closest school to Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School is Rt Barrera Elementary School, located about 1.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.3% against a local average of 59.4%.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 15.1 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 ROMA ISD
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Roma Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Ramiro Barrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Emma Vera Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 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
- Rt Barrera Elementary School1.9 mi · 400
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School2.1 mi · 458
- Ramiro Barrera Middle School3.0 mi · 564
- Instructional & Guidance Center3.1 mi · 33
- IDEA Rio Grande City Academy4.0 mi · 717
- IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory4.0 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School?
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School serve?
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School have?
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School?
At Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School?
Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School is overseen by ROMA ISD in Starr County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.