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How has JUAREZ/LINCOLN EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365005596
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School
1600 ESPEJO-MOLINA RD, RIO BRAVO, TX 78043 · (956) 473-4300 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
500 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 52 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School this school | 535 | 93.5% | 46.4% |
| Wilbur E Lucas Elementary School PHARR | 530 | 93.0% | 56.8% |
| Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School ROMA | 526 | 93.2% | 82.3% |
| Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School MISSION | 527 | 93.0% | 52.8% |
| Monte Cristo Elementary School EDINBURG | 535 | 92.9% | 39.6% |
| Villarreal Elementary School EDINBURG | 543 | 93.0% | 43.0% |
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 Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,806 of 4,401 | #40 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #974 of 4,466 ▲ 519 | #24 of 52 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,674 of 4,466 ▲ 286 | #34 of 52 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #434 of 3,998 | #9 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #2,180 of 4,938 | #31 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,058 of 4,622 | #7 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.7% | #4,545 of 4,628 | #34 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #694 of 4,789 | #25 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,031 of 2,838 | #17 of 43 |
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
535
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 535 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 93% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 39.9 | 14.3:1 | 96% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 95% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 94% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 42.4 | 16.2:1 | 94% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 93% (721) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 97% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 99% (423) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (685 to 535); teachers down 6% (42.4 to 40).
About Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school in RIO BRAVO, Texas, and it is part of UNITED ISD. The school's enrollment of 535 students covers pre-K through 5.
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is one of the 51 schools that make up UNITED ISD (40,742 students in total).
Hispanic students make up 100% of enrollment at Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School. The school's diversity index is 1%, meaning two students picked at random have a 1% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.4:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. The gap from the 83% average for public schools in Webb County is 10 points.
allk12 grades Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is 12.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 46.4%. Predicted: 33.8%.
Census estimates describe Webb County this way: the median household income is $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Webb County has 95 public schools and roughly 63,717 students.
The school nearest to Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is Salvador Garcia Middle School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School had 613 students, to 2024-25, when it had 535. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.4:1, from 14.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNITED ISD
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in RIO BRAVO
- Salvador Garcia Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- United Step AcademyHigh · 167 students
Nearby schools
- Salvador Garcia Middle School0.8 mi · 361
- United Step Academy1.0 mi · 167
- Kennedy Zapata Elementary School2.8 mi · 336
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School4.7 mi · 815
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle School4.8 mi · 757
- Lyndon B Johnson4.9 mi · 3,240
Frequently asked questions
About Juarez/Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School?
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School?
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
What district is Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School in?
Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School is part of UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.