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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD·NCES 483714004178
Ringgold Elementary School
1 S FORT RINGGOLD, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 · (956) 370-4421 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+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.
- AThree-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
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
468 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +63.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 63 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 39.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 19 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 Ringgold Elementary School
Ringgold Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringgold Elementary School this school | 482 | 97.1% | 51.6% |
| Thigpen-Zavala Elementary School MCALLEN | 470 | 96.6% | 64.0% |
| Pstem Academy HOUSTON | 482 | 96.3% | 42.6% |
| San Carlos Elementary School EDINBURG | 471 | 97.0% | 42.1% |
| William J Clinton Elementary School PENITAS | 463 | 96.3% | 43.6% |
| Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School MISSION | 465 | 96.1% | 39.1% |
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 Ringgold Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,296 of 4,401 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #438 of 4,466 ▲ 1,216 | #8 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,289 of 4,466 ▲ 74 | #9 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #455 of 3,998 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,708 of 4,938 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,537 of 4,622 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.5% | #4,441 of 4,628 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #270 of 4,789 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #1,070 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
482
+38 (+9%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 482 | 29.4 | 16.4:1 | 97% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 30.5 | 15.5:1 | 96% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 31.2 | 14.4:1 | 95% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 92% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 32.7 | 14.2:1 | 93% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 85% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 41% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 48 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ringgold Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (465 to 482); teachers down 10% (32.7 to 29.4).
About Ringgold Elementary School
Ringgold Elementary School is an elementary school in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, according to federal school records. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 482 students enrolled.
RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD is the district for Ringgold Elementary School. It has 15 schools and 9,316 students.
The student body at Ringgold Elementary School is 99% Hispanic. That is close to the 97% Hispanic share among all Starr County residents. Ringgold Elementary School's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Ringgold Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ringgold Elementary School is +19.4 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.6%, and the predicted rate is 32.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Starr County show that the median household income is $37,639, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 31%. Besides Ringgold Elementary School, Starr County has 28 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Ringgold Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Alberto and Celia Barrera Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ringgold Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Ringgold Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment grew 9% from its 2020-21 level of 444. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Ringgold Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Starr County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,067
Census ACS
Median income
$37,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
16,900 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Grulla Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City AcademyElementary · 717 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City College PreparatoryHigh · 695 students
Other Ringgold Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ringgold Elementary. Ringgold Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Ringgold ElementaryClarksville, TN · 829 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTON, AR · 511 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRinggold, GA · 445 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRinggold, LA · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Alberto and Celia Barrera Elementary School0.9 mi · 420
- Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School1.5 mi · 604
- John & Olive Hinojosa Elementary School2.2 mi · 441
- Preparatory for Early College High School3.0 mi · 430
- Ringgold Middle School3.0 mi · 639
- Veterans Middle School3.0 mi · 734
Frequently asked questions
About Ringgold Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ringgold Elementary School?
Ringgold Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ringgold Elementary School serve?
Ringgold Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ringgold Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Ringgold Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ringgold Elementary School?
At Ringgold Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is Ringgold Elementary School in?
Ringgold Elementary School is part of RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.