Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE PASS ISD·NCES 481773008329
Pete Gallego Elementary School
300 AZUCENA ST, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852 · (830) 758-7130 · Maverick County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
265 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (57) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
3%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 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 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Pete Gallego Elementary School
Pete Gallego Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gallego Elementary School this school | 327 | 81.0% | 45.3% |
| Horizon Montessori - STEM Academy MCALLEN | 331 | 81.3% | 48.2% |
| Anthony Elementary School ANTHONY | 312 | 80.1% | 29.5% |
| Horizon Montessori II - STEM Academy WESLACO | 326 | 82.8% | 33.6% |
| Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary School MISSION | 345 | 82.6% | 38.1% |
| Carrillo Elementary School HOUSTON | 346 | 82.9% | 38.9% |
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 Pete Gallego Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Maverick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,933 of 4,401 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,091 of 4,466 ▼ 387 | #13 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,741 of 4,466 ▼ 507 | #9 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #843 of 3,998 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #4,029 of 4,938 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,100 of 4,622 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.0% | #4,414 of 4,628 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #1,879 of 4,789 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #1,231 of 2,838 | #2 of 13 |
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
327
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 327 | 18.6 | 17.6:1 | 81% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 19.6 | 17.1:1 | 83% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 20.4 | 17.9:1 | 86% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 90% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 23.8 | 17.0:1 | 76% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 85% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 85% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pete Gallego Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (405 to 327); teachers down 22% (23.8 to 18.6).
About Pete Gallego Elementary School
In EAGLE PASS, Texas, Pete Gallego Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school had 327 students in grades 1 through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.
EAGLE PASS ISD runs 24 schools with a combined 13,820 students. Pete Gallego Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at Pete Gallego Elementary School. The Hispanic share in Maverick County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 17.6 students per teacher and 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 81%. For comparison, public schools in Maverick County average 78%.
Pete Gallego Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Pete Gallego Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 39.1%. Pete Gallego Elementary School scores 45.3%, 6.2 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Maverick County show that the median household income is $49,568, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. Pete Gallego Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Seco Mines Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Pete Gallego Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.3% against a local average of 51.8%.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 378. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Maverick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,082
Census ACS
Median income
$49,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
13,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAGLE PASS ISD
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Eagle Pass Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Other schools in EAGLE PASS
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Eagle Pass Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Seco Mines Elementary School1.8 mi · 304
- Eagle Pass Junior High School2.9 mi · 1,040
- Liberty Elementary School3.0 mi · 539
- Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School3.3 mi · 438
- Kennedy Elementary School3.5 mi · 424
- DAEP3.5 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Pete Gallego Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pete Gallego Elementary School?
Pete Gallego Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does Pete Gallego Elementary School serve?
Pete Gallego Elementary School serves grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at Pete Gallego Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Pete Gallego Elementary School.
How diverse is Pete Gallego Elementary School?
Pete Gallego Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Pete Gallego Elementary School in?
Pete Gallego Elementary School is part of EAGLE PASS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.