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What advice would you give to incoming students at EMMA VERA EL?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMA ISD·NCES 483774005788
Emma Vera Elementary School
2015 N US HWY 83, ROMA, TX 78584 · (956) 849-4552 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- DThree-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
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
415 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
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
88.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 44.0% | 44.0% | 9.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 43.0% | 11.0% | 3.0% |
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 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 96.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2020-21 | 66.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
88.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+49.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 50 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 Emma Vera Elementary School
Emma Vera Elementary School's state test result (88.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Vera Elementary School this school | 504 | 82.3% | 88.5% |
| Breeden Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 511 | 83.6% | 52.9% |
| Finley Elementary School LAREDO | 471 | 80.9% | 43.0% |
| Yturria Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 526 | 80.2% | 52.7% |
| Pebble Hills Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 82.4% | 55.2% |
| Le Noir Elementary School DONNA | 457 | 82.1% | 39.8% |
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 Emma Vera Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #12 of 4,401 | #1 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #52 of 4,466 ▲ 1 | #5 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #65 of 4,466 ▼ 44 | #3 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #506 of 3,998 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #2,498 of 4,938 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,957 of 4,622 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.4% | #4,574 of 4,628 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #1,775 of 4,789 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.7% | #427 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
504
+67 (+15%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 504 | 32.4 | 15.6:1 | 82% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 82% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 29.9 | 15.5:1 | 81% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 82% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 85% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 86% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 24% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma Vera Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (421 to 504); teachers up 8% (30 to 32.4).
About Emma Vera Elementary School
Emma Vera Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in ROMA, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 504 students in pre-K through 5.
Emma Vera Elementary School is among 10 schools run by ROMA ISD, which serves 6,019 students.
About 100% of the student body at Emma Vera Elementary School is Hispanic. The county population is about 97% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 0%, meaning two students picked at random have a 0% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Emma Vera Elementary School employs 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Emma Vera Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 82%. That rate is below the 93% average among public schools in Starr County.
Emma Vera Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Emma Vera Elementary School is a top-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.5% with an actual 88.5%.
Within Starr County, the median household income is $37,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 31%. In all, Starr County has 29 public schools and roughly 16,900 students.
The closest other public school is Roma High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Emma Vera Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 67 students since 2020-21, to 504. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Emma Vera Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Other schools in ROMA
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Roma Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Rt Barrera Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Roma High School0.2 mi · 1,721
- Roma Middle School0.3 mi · 776
- Florence J Scott Elementary School2.1 mi · 550
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School2.4 mi · 526
- Instructional & Guidance Center4.3 mi · 33
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School5.1 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Emma Vera Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Emma Vera Elementary School?
Emma Vera Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
Is Emma Vera Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emma Vera Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Emma Vera Elementary School have?
Emma Vera Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Emma Vera Elementary School?
Emma Vera Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Emma Vera Elementary School?
Emma Vera 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.