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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113729
IDEA Rio Vista Academy
210 N RIO VISTA RD, SOCORRO, TX 79927 · (915) 444-0188 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
603 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 IDEA Rio Vista Academy
IDEA Rio Vista Academy's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Rio Vista Academy this school | 696 | 86.6% | 33.9% |
| IDEA Robindale Academy BROWNSVILLE | 699 | 88.0% | 40.5% |
| IDEA Edinburg Academy EDINBURG | 728 | 86.1% | 39.2% |
| Dowling Elementary School ODESSA | 712 | 87.9% | 28.5% |
| H W Schulze Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 726 | 86.8% | 37.0% |
| IDEA Rio Grande City Academy RIO GRANDE CITY | 717 | 85.2% | 47.6% |
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 IDEA Rio Vista Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #3,270 of 4,401 | #109 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,043 of 4,466 ▲ 755 | #105 of 133 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,298 of 4,466 ▼ 39 | #118 of 133 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,628 of 3,998 | #60 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #941 of 4,938 | #35 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #4,546 of 4,622 | #132 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #4,003 of 4,628 | #68 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #1,420 of 4,789 | #49 of 139 |
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
696
-123 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 30.3:1
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 | 696 | 31.7 | 22.0:1 | 87% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 32.6 | 22.5:1 | 86% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 34.1 | 24.3:1 | 91% (751) |
| 2020-21 | 819 | 27 | 30.3:1 | 94% (768) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Rio Vista Academy.
About IDEA Rio Vista Academy
IDEA Rio Vista Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in SOCORRO, Texas, under IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It educates 696 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
In IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 125 schools enroll a combined 79,430 students.
The large majority of students at IDEA Rio Vista Academy, 93%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% White. El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at IDEA Rio Vista Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
The school employs the equivalent of 31.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.0:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. Public schools in El Paso County average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for IDEA Rio Vista Academy is C. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
IDEA Rio Vista Academy scores 33.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.7%.
Census estimates describe El Paso County this way: median household income is about $59,806, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 273 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 165,404.
Of nearby public schools, IDEA Rio Vista College Preparatory is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. IDEA Rio Vista Academy comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. Charter status: IDEA Rio Vista Academy is a public charter school.
The number of students declined from 819 to 696 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 30.3:1 to 22.0:1.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Rio Vista College Preparatory0.0 mi · 590
- Salvador Sanchez Middle School0.3 mi · 544
- Escontrias Steam Academy0.3 mi · 824
- Socorro High School0.5 mi · 2,579
- Hueco Elementary School0.8 mi · 573
- H D Hilley Elementary School1.0 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Rio Vista AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Rio Vista Academy?
IDEA Rio Vista Academy enrolls approximately 696 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does IDEA Rio Vista Academy serve?
IDEA Rio Vista Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Rio Vista Academy?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at IDEA Rio Vista Academy.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Rio Vista Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Rio Vista Academy are roughly 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is IDEA Rio Vista Academy in?
IDEA Rio Vista Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.