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Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School

400 BALCONES BLVD, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852 · (830) 758-7099 · Maverick County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
363 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 16416%
Grade 27519%
Grade 37519%
Grade 45714%
Grade 55915%
Grade 67118%
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
39799%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 54% · US 30%
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
Male
21153%
Female
19047%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading17.0%35.0%19.0%29.0%
Mathematics8.0%26.0%28.0%38.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2025-2652.0%34.0%
2024-2548.0%31.0%
2023-2426.0%22.0%
2022-2325.0%31.0%
2021-2223.0%18.0%
2020-2110.0%3.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →

Where Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Maverick County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
28.5%#3,789 of 4,401#14 of 15
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
34.0%#3,543 of 4,466#14 of 15
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
52.0%#2,250 of 4,466#8 of 15
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+15.0pp#866 of 3,998#3 of 15
Enrollment
ranked largest first
401#3,469 of 4,938#11 of 19
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.3:1#4,277 of 4,622#12 of 18
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
2.0%#4,467 of 4,628#10 of 18
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.9%#2,126 of 2,838#6 of 13
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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
401
-39 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.2:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2540121.918.3:191% (363)
2023-244192219.1:196% (403)
2022-2337421.817.2:199% (369)
2017-184402915.2:190% (397)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School.

About Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School

Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in EAGLE PASS, Texas. It is open to students in grades 1 through 6 and enrolls 401 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.

Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is one of 24 schools in EAGLE PASS ISD, which enrolls 13,820 students in total.

A large majority of enrollment at Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is Hispanic, at 99%. The diversity index for Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School lists 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. About 91% of students at Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Maverick County averages 78%, lower than here.

Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.5% and a predicted 35.0%.

The school's county is Maverick County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $49,568 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 20%. Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School shares Maverick County with 23 other public schools.

Ray H Darr Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 41.0%, higher than Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School's 28.5%.

Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 401, from 440 in 2017-18. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.2 to 18.3 over 7 years.

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Maverick County at a glance

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Population
58,082
Census ACS
Median income
$49,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
13,820 students

Quick facts

School name
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School
District
EAGLE PASS ISD
Address
400 BALCONES BLVD, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852
Phone
(830) 758-7099
County
Maverick County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
01–06
Total enrollment
401
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
18.3:1
Free/Reduced lunch
363 (91%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
481773008330
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School?
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School serve?
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School serves grades 01-06.
How many teachers does Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School have?
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School?
At Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School?
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School is overseen by EAGLE PASS ISD in Maverick County.
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