GRULLA EL

GRULLA EL is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in GRULLA, Texas, one of the schools within RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD, with 414 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD, which oversees 15 schools and 9,316 students, GRULLA EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, GRULLA EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Starr County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRULLA EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; GRULLA EL posts 58.7%, +27.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Starr County reports that the typical household earns roughly $37,639 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 31%. Across Starr County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students), GRULLA EL is one campus in the mix.

GRULLA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRULLA EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRULLA EL has edged down 24%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025.

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