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PERFECTO MANCHA EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 50 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PERFECTO MANCHA EL
Set in EAGLE PASS, Texas, PERFECTO MANCHA EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by EAGLE PASS ISD. It hosts 501 students across grades 1 through 6.
PERFECTO MANCHA EL is one of 24 schools operated by EAGLE PASS ISD, a district that works with 13,820 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PERFECTO MANCHA EL lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PERFECTO MANCHA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 58.7%, a residual of +18.4 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Maverick County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,568 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. PERFECTO MANCHA EL is one of 24 public schools in Maverick County (combined enrollment of about 13,820 students).
The closest other public school is MEMORIAL J H, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERFECTO MANCHA EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.9%.
PERFECTO MANCHA EL operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PERFECTO MANCHA EL has ticked down 3%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Maverick County at a glance
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