Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTE ALTO ISD·NCES 483123003511
Roberto Garate Elementary School
25149 FIRST ST, MONTE ALTO, TX 78538 · (956) 262-1601 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
17.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
341 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
1%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within MONTE ALTO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Roberto Garate Elementary School
Roberto Garate Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Garate Elementary School this school | 386 | 88.3% | 33.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School EDINBURG | 400 | 89.3% | 48.5% |
| Newman Elementary School LAREDO | 365 | 88.8% | 52.6% |
| Lotspeich Leadership Academy ROBSTOWN | 368 | 88.9% | 24.8% |
| Houston Elementary School MCALLEN | 397 | 87.7% | 42.6% |
| M Rivas Pri Discovery Academy DONNA | 413 | 87.7% | N/A |
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 Roberto Garate Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,284 of 4,401 | #154 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,933 of 4,466 ▼ 11 | #175 of 183 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,049 of 4,466 ▼ 422 | #135 of 183 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #641 of 3,998 | #24 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #3,601 of 4,938 | #150 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,039 of 4,622 | #146 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #4,531 of 4,628 | #137 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #1,250 of 4,789 | #110 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #842 of 2,838 | #44 of 128 |
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
386
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 386 | 22.2 | 17.4:1 | 88% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 21.1 | 17.0:1 | 93% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 22.5 | 17.1:1 | 92% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 95% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 29.5 | 17.3:1 | 90% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 87% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 4% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 33 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberto Garate Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (510 to 386); teachers down 25% (29.5 to 22.2).
About Roberto Garate Elementary School
Roberto Garate Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in MONTE ALTO, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 386 students. That is 26% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Roberto Garate Elementary School is run by MONTE ALTO ISD, whose 3 schools enroll 819 students.
Hispanic students are 99% of those enrolled at Roberto Garate Elementary School. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 1%.
Roberto Garate Elementary School has 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Roberto Garate Elementary School outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 36.0% for a school in Texas with Roberto Garate Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Roberto Garate Elementary School posts 33.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that the median household earns about $54,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Hidalgo County, 364 public schools serve about 212,859 students.
Jose Borrego Middle School is the nearest public school to Roberto Garate Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Roberto Garate Elementary School is ahead of the 30.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 388 in 2020-21, 386 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.2:1 to 17.4:1.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONTE ALTO ISD
- Monte Alto High SchoolHigh · 255 students
- Jose Borrego Middle SchoolMiddle · 178 students
- Hidalgo Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in MONTE ALTO
- Monte Alto High SchoolHigh · 255 students
- Jose Borrego Middle SchoolMiddle · 178 students
Nearby schools
- Jose Borrego Middle School0.0 mi · 178
- Monte Alto High School0.2 mi · 255
- Carlos F Truan Junior High School5.1 mi · 584
- David Ybarra Fine Arts Academy5.1 mi · 264
- John F Kennedy Elementary School5.1 mi · 383
- Edcouch-Elsa High School5.2 mi · 1,309
Frequently asked questions
About Roberto Garate Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roberto Garate Elementary School?
Roberto Garate Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roberto Garate Elementary School serve?
Roberto Garate Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roberto Garate Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roberto Garate Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Roberto Garate Elementary School?
Roberto Garate Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Is Roberto Garate Elementary School public or private?
Roberto Garate Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MONTE ALTO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.