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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS FRESNOS CISD·NCES 482829011382
Dora Romero Elementary School
9705 CAJUN BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78526 · (956) 254-5210 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- BThree-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
15.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
420 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 68 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 19 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 Dora Romero Elementary School
Dora Romero Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Romero Elementary School this school | 552 | 76.1% | 59.7% |
| Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School EDINBURG | 554 | 76.4% | 48.4% |
| Pittman Elementary School RAYMONDVILLE | 561 | 75.2% | 63.0% |
| Palmer-Laakso Elementary School SAN BENITO | 582 | 75.4% | 60.5% |
| Los Fresnos Elementary School LOS FRESNOS | 549 | 77.8% | 51.0% |
| Glen Cove Elementary School EL PASO | 537 | 78.0% | 75.5% |
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 Dora Romero Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #779 of 4,401 | #13 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,083 of 4,466 ▼ 204 | #25 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,275 of 4,466 ▼ 282 | #21 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,537 of 3,998 | #44 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #2,018 of 4,938 | #30 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,104 of 4,622 | #48 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.6% | #4,336 of 4,628 | #54 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #2,206 of 4,789 | #79 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #1,161 of 1,307 | #20 of 22 |
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
552
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 552 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 76% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 76% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 37.1 | 15.8:1 | 79% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 82% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 35.1 | 15.3:1 | 79% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 80% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dora Romero Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (539 to 552); teachers unchanged (35.1 to 35).
About Dora Romero Elementary School
Dora Romero Elementary School is an elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, and it is part of LOS FRESNOS CISD. Total enrollment is 552 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
LOS FRESNOS CISD has 10,357 students spread across 14 schools.
Hispanic students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Cameron County's residents are about 89% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
Dora Romero Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school has 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 84% average among public schools in Cameron County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Dora Romero Elementary School outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Dora Romero Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 18.5 points. The model expects 41.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 59.7%.
For Cameron County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $52,601 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Dora Romero Elementary School, Cameron County has 187 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, South Texas ISD Medical Professions is closest at about 1.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.6% proficiency; Dora Romero Elementary School posts 59.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Dora Romero Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dora Romero Elementary School had a net gain of 28 students, or 5%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LOS FRESNOS CISD
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Resaca Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Rancho Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- South Texas ISD Medical Professions1.7 mi · 820
- Villareal Elementary School1.8 mi · 444
- Los Fresnos Elementary School2.4 mi · 549
- Los Cuates Middle School2.5 mi · 825
- Rancho Verde Elementary School2.6 mi · 696
- Olmito Elementary School2.7 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Dora Romero Elementary SchoolHow large is Dora Romero Elementary School?
Dora Romero Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dora Romero Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dora Romero Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dora Romero Elementary School have?
Dora Romero Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Dora Romero Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dora Romero Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dora Romero Elementary School?
Dora Romero Elementary School is overseen by LOS FRESNOS CISD in Cameron County.
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