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RIOJAS EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RIOJAS EL
Set in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, RIOJAS EL is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within PFLUGERVILLE ISD. It serves 738 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 42% above typical.
RIOJAS EL is one of 35 schools operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, a district that educates 25,477 students overall.
On demographics, RIOJAS EL records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 11% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at RIOJAS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, RIOJAS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 59.8%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. RIOJAS EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
ROWE LANE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RIOJAS EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIOJAS EL has grew 10%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 738 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 46% across the same window.
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