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Which teacher or staff member at GUERRA EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818008288
Guerra Elementary School
10010 N VILLA FERNANDEZ RD, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2530 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- 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
16.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
482 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 79 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Guerra Elementary School
Guerra Elementary School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guerra Elementary School this school | 545 | 88.4% | 43.7% |
| Raul A Gonzalez Jr Elementary School WESLACO | 552 | 87.9% | 52.0% |
| Irving Dual Language Academy SAN ANTONIO | 557 | 88.5% | 39.1% |
| Zavala Elementary School EDINBURG | 565 | 88.0% | 32.3% |
| Zapata North Elementary School ZAPATA | 571 | 88.6% | 49.5% |
| Josefa L Sambrano Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 554 | 87.2% | N/A |
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 Guerra Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #2,112 of 4,401 | #87 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,949 of 4,466 ▲ 168 | #96 of 183 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,745 of 4,466 ▼ 510 | #119 of 183 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,194 of 3,998 | #105 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #2,087 of 4,938 | #76 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,304 of 4,622 | #97 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #4,525 of 4,628 | #132 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #1,242 of 4,789 | #109 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #2,258 of 2,838 | #107 of 128 |
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
545
+70 (+15%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
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 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 88% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 35.2 | 16.3:1 | 92% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 33.9 | 15.0:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 95% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 36.9 | 16.0:1 | 94% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 93% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 42% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guerra Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (589 to 545); teachers down 8% (36.9 to 34).
About Guerra Elementary School
Guerra Elementary School is one of the public schools in EDINBURG, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 545 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
EDINBURG CISD counts 33,343 students in its 44 schools, and Guerra Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 99% of enrollment at Guerra Elementary School. Pick two students at random and there is a 1% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.0:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 88% of students at Guerra Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Guerra Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Guerra Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.7% is 7.8 points above the 35.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
The closest public school to Guerra Elementary School is Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School, about 3.4 miles away. Guerra Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 43.3% proficiency; Guerra Elementary School posts 43.7%.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment gain, from 475 in 2020-21 to 545 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.0:1, from 14.8:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School3.4 mi · 625
- Carmen V Avila Elementary School3.8 mi · 636
- Hargill Elementary School3.8 mi · 520
- Betty Harwell Middle School3.8 mi · 1,301
- Monte Cristo Elementary School4.9 mi · 535
- Edinburg North High School4.9 mi · 2,542
Frequently asked questions
About Guerra Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Guerra Elementary School?
Guerra Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Guerra Elementary School serve?
Guerra Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Guerra Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Guerra Elementary School.
How diverse is Guerra Elementary School?
Guerra Elementary School reports a student body of 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Guerra Elementary School?
Guerra Elementary School is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.