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What's something LOPEZ-RIGGINS EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS FRESNOS CISD·NCES 482829006140
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School
613 MESQUITE LN, LOS FRESNOS, TX 78566 · (956) 233-6916 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-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.
- DThree-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
14.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
396 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 59 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 24.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Lopez-Riggins Elementary School
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez-Riggins Elementary School this school | 467 | 84.8% | 60.3% |
| H D Hilley Elementary School EL PASO | 483 | 86.1% | 40.0% |
| Capt D Salinas II Elementary School ALAMO | 457 | 86.0% | 37.5% |
| Esparza Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 462 | 84.2% | 35.6% |
| Crockett Elementary School EL PASO | 453 | 86.5% | 26.9% |
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School MERCEDES | 468 | 82.9% | 40.7% |
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 Lopez-Riggins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #752 of 4,401 | #12 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,236 of 4,466 ▼ 232 | #31 of 93 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,757 of 4,466 ▼ 763 | #44 of 93 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #277 of 3,998 | #4 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #2,851 of 4,938 | #48 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,130 of 4,622 | #25 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #4,380 of 4,628 | #61 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #1,574 of 4,789 | #62 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #1,327 of 2,838 | #35 of 64 |
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
467
-58 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 467 | 31.9 | 14.7:1 | 85% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 86% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 88% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 88% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 82% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 82% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 81% (552) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 28 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lopez-Riggins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (571 to 467); teachers down 6% (34 to 31.9).
About Lopez-Riggins Elementary School
Students in LOS FRESNOS, Texas, attend Lopez-Riggins Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 467 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
LOS FRESNOS CISD runs Lopez-Riggins Elementary School along with 13 other schools, enrolling 10,357 students in total.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School, with 98% of enrollment. That compares with about 89% Hispanic among all Cameron County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.7:1, with 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is 85%. Across public schools in Cameron County, the average is about the same, 84%.
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Texas with Lopez-Riggins Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 37.5%. Lopez-Riggins Elementary School scores 60.3%.
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is located in Cameron County, where median household income is about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County, which together enroll about 97,392 students.
The nearest public school is Los Fresnos High School, at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lopez-Riggins Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 525 in 2020-21 and 467 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
The Lopez-Riggins Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Resaca Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Rancho Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Los Fresnos Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Driscoll Express Learning CenterElementary · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Los Fresnos High School0.8 mi · 3,285
- Los Fresnos Elementary School1.1 mi · 549
- Los Cuates Middle School1.2 mi · 825
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary School3.0 mi · 582
- Liberty Memorial Middle School3.2 mi · 673
- Dora Romero Elementary School3.3 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Lopez-Riggins Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lopez-Riggins Elementary School?
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lopez-Riggins Elementary School serve?
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lopez-Riggins Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Lopez-Riggins Elementary School in?
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School is part of LOS FRESNOS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.