Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 44 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DRISCOLL ISD·NCES 481755008889
Driscoll El & Middle School
315 W DRAGON ST, DRISCOLL, TX 78351 · (361) 387-7349 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
272 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 30.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 16 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 Driscoll El & Middle School
Driscoll El & Middle School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll El & Middle School this school | 289 | 94.1% | 49.0% |
| H R Moye Elementary School EL PASO | 286 | 96.5% | 24.9% |
| Dishman Elementary School COMBES | 313 | 94.2% | 50.0% |
| Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center HEREFORD | 286 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Roberts Elementary School SAN BENITO | 303 | 95.0% | 21.0% |
| Palm Grove Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 294 | 95.6% | 38.6% |
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 Driscoll El & Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,523 of 4,401 | #18 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,840 of 4,466 ▼ 511 | #36 of 51 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,818 of 4,466 ▼ 717 | #23 of 51 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,270 of 3,998 | #20 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #4,261 of 4,938 | #46 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #124 of 4,622 | #2 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #3,953 of 4,628 | #43 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #611 of 4,789 | #10 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,107 of 2,838 | #26 of 38 |
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
289
0 (0%) vs 2020
+257% since 2000-01, when it was 81
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 289 | 26.3 | 11.0:1 | 94% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 25.3 | 11.1:1 | 94% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 25.3 | 11.3:1 | 92% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 89% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 24.7 | 12.9:1 | 83% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 72% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 79 | 7 | 11.3:1 | 80% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 81 | 6 | 13.5:1 | 70% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Driscoll El & Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (318 to 289); teachers up 7% (24.7 to 26.3).
About Driscoll El & Middle School
Driscoll El & Middle School is a small elementary school with its address in DRISCOLL, Texas. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 289 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
DRISCOLL ISD enrolls 439 students, and its 10 schools include Driscoll El & Middle School.
Driscoll El & Middle School is 92% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 7% White. That compares with about 63% Hispanic among all Nueces County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
The school's 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. At Driscoll El & Middle School, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County.
Driscoll El & Middle 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 77% of Texas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.5% for Driscoll El & Middle School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 49.0%. The 15.5-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
In the surrounding county, Nueces County, the median household earns about $66,897 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Driscoll El & Middle School, Nueces County has 124 public schools.
Driscoll El & Middle School's nearest public school is Bishop High School (about 6.6 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Driscoll El & Middle School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Driscoll El & Middle School was 289 in 2020-21 and 289 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
The allk12 page for Driscoll El & Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DRISCOLL ISD
- Driscoll Madison Square Child Development CenterElementary · 55 students
- Driscoll Mi Mundo PreschoolElementary · 32 students
- Driscoll Play and Learn Day Care San Benito CenterElementary · 22 students
- Driscoll Express Learning CenterElementary · 11 students
- Driscoll My Little Team Texas DaycareElementary · 9 students
- Driscoll Play and Learn Day Care Harlingen CenterElementary · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Bishop High School6.6 mi · 533
- Bishop Primary School6.6 mi · 258
- Bishop Elementary School6.6 mi · 232
- Lillion E Luehrs Junior High School6.6 mi · 330
- Petronila Elementary School7.2 mi · 110
- Lotspeich Leadership Academy8.9 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Driscoll El & Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Driscoll El & Middle School?
Driscoll El & Middle School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Driscoll El & Middle School serve?
Driscoll El & Middle School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Driscoll El & Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Driscoll El & Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Driscoll El & Middle School?
Student demographics at Driscoll El & Middle School are roughly 7% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Driscoll El & Middle School public or private?
Driscoll El & Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DRISCOLL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.