LA VEGA EL

LA VEGA EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in WACO, Texas, operated by LA VEGA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 630 students spanning grades 1 through 3. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

LA VEGA ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,093 students. LA VEGA EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LA VEGA EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 26% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, McLennan County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LA VEGA EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, McLennan County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LA VEGA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LA VEGA EL is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).

LA VEGA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LA VEGA EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA VEGA EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025.

On this page, members of the LA VEGA EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.