RIO VISTA EL

RIO VISTA EL is a primary school of mid-tier scale in RIO VISTA, Texas, overseen by RIO VISTA ISD, caters to 507 students in grades pre-K through 5.

RIO VISTA ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,032 students; RIO VISTA EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RIO VISTA EL logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Johnson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RIO VISTA EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.9%; actual is 37.6%, a gap of -14.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household income runs about $84,859, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which RIO VISTA EL is one.

The closest other public school is RIO VISTA MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIO VISTA EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIO VISTA EL has climbed 47%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 81% to 73%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the RIO VISTA EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.