RAY H DARR EL

RAY H DARR EL is a K-5 school of compact scale in EAGLE PASS, Texas, one of the schools within EAGLE PASS ISD, instructing 383 students in grades 1 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

EAGLE PASS ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,820 students. RAY H DARR EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, RAY H DARR EL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Maverick County (around 78%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAY H DARR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maverick County put median household earnings sit near $49,568, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RAY H DARR EL is one of 24 public schools in Maverick County (combined enrollment of about 13,820 students).

HENRY B GONZALEZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RAY H DARR EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAY H DARR EL has decreased 17%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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