ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET
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Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
About ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET
As an one-room-style elementary-level community in LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET instructs 148 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET sits 71% leaner than that benchmark.
ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET is one of 14 schools operated by SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD, a district that hosts 9,767 students overall.
Looking at the student body, ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET logs that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Val Verde County (around 72%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 68.3%.
Zooming out to the county, Val Verde County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,100 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET is one of 20 public schools in Val Verde County (combined enrollment of about 10,448 students).
RUBEN CHAVIRA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERTO BOBBY BARRERA EL STEM MAGNET ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
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