ELMA E BARRERA EL

Located at HWY 107, in SANTA ROSA, Texas, ELMA E BARRERA EL is a modestly sized K-5 school that hosts 377 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under SANTA ROSA ISD. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SANTA ROSA ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 874 students. ELMA E BARRERA EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, ELMA E BARRERA EL lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ELMA E BARRERA EL logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ELMA E BARRERA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Across the wider county, Cameron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ELMA E BARRERA EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

SANTA ROSA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ELMA E BARRERA EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELMA E BARRERA EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMA E BARRERA EL has fell 29%, going from 531 students in 2018 to 377 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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