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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071006480
Robert R Rojas Elementary School
500 BAUMAN RD, EL PASO, TX 79927 · (915) 937-8500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
415 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 88 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Robert R Rojas Elementary School
Robert R Rojas Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert R Rojas Elementary School this school | 490 | 84.7% | 36.8% |
| Olmos Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 486 | 84.8% | 55.8% |
| Vista Del Sol Environmental Science EL PASO | 505 | 84.0% | 48.5% |
| Ted Flores Elementary School PEARSALL | 503 | 83.5% | N/A |
| Aikman Elementary School HEREFORD | 464 | 84.3% | 58.6% |
| Campestre Elementary School EL PASO | 488 | 86.3% | 46.6% |
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 Robert R Rojas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,984 of 4,401 | #98 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,343 of 4,466 ▲ 858 | #80 of 133 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,777 of 4,466 ▲ 865 | #63 of 133 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,044 of 3,998 | #32 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #2,634 of 4,938 | #77 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,772 of 4,622 | #103 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #4,011 of 4,628 | #70 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #1,584 of 4,789 | #58 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #2,246 of 2,838 | #84 of 93 |
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
490
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 490 | 29.2 | 16.8:1 | 85% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 23.9 | 20.8:1 | 89% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 28.9 | 17.9:1 | 89% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 87% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 33.8 | 15.7:1 | 87% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 92% (501) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 92% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 53 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert R Rojas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (531 to 490); teachers down 13% (33.8 to 29.2).
About Robert R Rojas Elementary School
Robert R Rojas Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in EL PASO, Texas. The latest federal count shows 490 students in pre-K through 5.
SOCORRO ISD has 51 schools and 46,668 students, and Robert R Rojas Elementary School is one of those schools.
Robert R Rojas Elementary School's enrollment is 93% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% White. El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Robert R Rojas Elementary School's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 29.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.8:1. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 74% for public schools in El Paso County.
In Texas, Robert R Rojas Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 36.8% actual against a predicted 37.5%.
El Paso County census figures show that the median household income is $59,806, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. El Paso County is home to 273 public schools and about 165,404 public school students.
The shortest distance from Robert R Rojas Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Ernesto Serna Fine Arts Academy. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Robert R Rojas Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 4% from its 2020-21 level of 472. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 16.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Robert R Rojas Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOCORRO ISD
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- El Dorado High SchoolHigh · 2,109 students
- Americas High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- Ernesto Serna Fine Arts Academy0.9 mi · 831
- Desert Wind Elementary School1.9 mi · 521
- Socorro Middle School2.0 mi · 510
- Campestre Elementary School2.0 mi · 488
- H D Hilley Elementary School2.2 mi · 483
- Salvador Sanchez Middle School2.4 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Robert R Rojas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert R Rojas Elementary School?
Robert R Rojas Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Robert R Rojas Elementary School serve?
Robert R Rojas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert R Rojas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert R Rojas Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert R Rojas Elementary School?
At Robert R Rojas Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Robert R Rojas Elementary School public or private?
Robert R Rojas Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOCORRO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.