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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD·NCES 483890008397
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School
905 CANTU RD, DEL RIO, TX 78840 · (830) 778-4756 · Val Verde County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
464 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School this school | 591 | 78.5% | 40.9% |
| Carrizo Springs Elementary School CARRIZO SPRINGS | 573 | 79.1% | 27.8% |
| Los Fresnos Elementary School LOS FRESNOS | 549 | 77.8% | 51.0% |
| Escandon Elementary School EDINBURG | 605 | 78.7% | 54.5% |
| Glen Cove Elementary School EL PASO | 537 | 78.0% | 75.5% |
| Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School MCALLEN | 648 | 79.3% | 41.0% |
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 Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Val Verde County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,484 of 4,401 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,488 of 4,466 ▼ 1,516 | #6 of 8 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,800 of 4,466 ▼ 952 | #4 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,614 of 3,998 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #1,682 of 4,938 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #4,375 of 4,622 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #4,071 of 4,628 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #2,053 of 4,789 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #721 of 2,838 | #1 of 6 |
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
591
-181 (-23%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 591 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 79% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 32.1 | 18.8:1 | 80% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 43.1 | 18.4:1 | 73% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 72% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 51.3 | 15.5:1 | 70% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 68% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 63% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (795 to 591); teachers down 40% (51.3 to 31).
About Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School is a public elementary school run by SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD in DEL RIO, Texas. Federal data show 591 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD serves 9,767 students across 14 schools.
Roughly 94% of students at Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% White. County-wide, 81% of Val Verde County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%; the prediction is 40.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Val Verde County show that median household income comes to about $66,100, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Val Verde County counts 20 public schools with about 10,448 students.
Premier H S of Del Rio, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Federal data place Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School had a net loss of 181 students, or 23%. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.2 to 19.1 over 4 years.
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Val Verde County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,741
Census ACS
Median income
$66,100
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,448 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD
- Del Rio High SchoolHigh · 2,447 students
- Del Rio Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,347 students
- San Felipe Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Ceniza Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
Other schools in DEL RIO
- Del Rio High SchoolHigh · 2,447 students
- Del Rio Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,347 students
- San Felipe Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Ceniza Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Premier H S of Del Rio0.2 mi · 60
- Del Rio Early College High School0.3 mi · 472
- Del Rio High School0.4 mi · 2,447
- Irene C Cardwell Elementary School1.0 mi · 452
- Heritage Academy of Del Rio Middle School1.2 mi · 254
- Heritage Academy of Del Rio1.5 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary SchoolHow large is Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School?
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School serve?
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School is approximately 19.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School?
At Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School public or private?
Dr Lonnie Green Jr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.