Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 177 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKS COUNTY ISD·NCES 481158000629
Falfurrias Elementary School
100 E ALLEN ST, FALFURRIAS, TX 78355 · (361) 325-8000 · Brooks County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
235 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 100 | 40% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 33% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROOKS COUNTY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Falfurrias Elementary School
Falfurrias Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falfurrias Elementary School this school | 251 | 93.6% | 31.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School HARLINGEN | 259 | 94.2% | 27.1% |
| San Pedro Fine Arts Academy ROBSTOWN | 243 | 95.1% | 26.6% |
| Lamar Elementary School EL PASO | 265 | 94.7% | 44.8% |
| De Zavala Elementary School HOUSTON | 246 | 95.5% | 52.5% |
| Crockett Elementary School HARLINGEN | 234 | 94.0% | 39.5% |
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 Falfurrias Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,532 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,144 of 4,466 ▼ 705 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,821 of 4,466 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #4,449 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,859 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #4,371 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #673 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #93 of 2,838 |
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
251
-60 (-19%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 251 | 16.2 | 15.5:1 | 94% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 94% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 17.6 | 15.0:1 | 96% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 94% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 28.2 | 16.4:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 88% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 98% (524) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 42 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falfurrias Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (461 to 251); teachers down 42% (28.2 to 16.2).
About Falfurrias Elementary School
Located in FALFURRIAS, Texas, Falfurrias Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 251 students are in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment is 52% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
The district, BROOKS COUNTY ISD, has 1,180 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Falfurrias Elementary School is 98% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 4%, meaning two students picked at random have a 4% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Falfurrias Elementary School, 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.5:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Brooks County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Falfurrias Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Falfurrias Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.4% is 2.3 points below the 33.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Brooks County, the median household income is $47,764, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Falfurrias Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Falfurrias Elementary School is Falfurrias Innovation Academy, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 5. On average proficiency, Falfurrias Elementary School is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment decrease, from 311 in 2020-21 to 251 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Falfurrias Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Brooks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,943
Census ACS
Median income
$47,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,180 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKS COUNTY ISD
- Falfurrias High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- Falfurrias Junior High SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Lasater Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
- Falfurrias Innovation AcademyElementary · 124 students
Other schools in FALFURRIAS
- Falfurrias High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- Falfurrias Junior High SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Lasater Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
- Falfurrias Innovation AcademyElementary · 124 students
- La Gloria Elementary SchoolElementary · 119 students
Nearby schools
- Falfurrias Innovation Academy0.0 mi · 124
- Lasater Elementary School0.2 mi · 156
- Falfurrias Junior High School0.5 mi · 279
- Falfurrias High School0.8 mi · 370
- La Gloria Elementary School4.6 mi · 119
- Premont Ernest H Singleton Early College Academy9.1 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Falfurrias Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Falfurrias Elementary School?
Falfurrias Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Falfurrias Elementary School serve?
Falfurrias Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Falfurrias Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falfurrias Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Falfurrias Elementary School?
Falfurrias Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Falfurrias Elementary School?
Falfurrias Elementary School is overseen by BROOKS COUNTY ISD in Brooks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.