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Rodolfo Torres Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 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 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 23.0% | 35.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 36.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 7.0% | 13.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% 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%.
Schools most like Rodolfo Torres Elementary School
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Torres Elementary School this school | 381 | 83.5% | 34.8% |
| Schanen Estates Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 374 | 82.9% | 41.4% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Austin AUSTIN | 374 | 86.6% | 45.5% |
| Glass Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 384 | 84.9% | 24.9% |
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School TEMPLE | 396 | 86.9% | 33.6% |
| Meadow Village Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 367 | 81.2% | 33.1% |
Where Rodolfo Torres Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Victoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,185 of 4,401 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,352 of 4,466 ▲ 35 | #7 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,575 of 4,466 ▲ 80 | #8 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #288 of 3,998 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #3,649 of 4,938 | #12 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,507 of 4,622 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #3,300 of 4,628 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #1,693 of 4,789 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #585 of 2,838 | #1 of 12 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 381 | 27.3 | 14.0:1 | 83% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 28.3 | 14.2:1 | 82% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 28.8 | 14.7:1 | 82% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 83% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 30.1 | 17.7:1 | 85% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 81% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 81% (407) |
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (533 to 381); teachers down 9% (30.1 to 27.3).
About Rodolfo Torres Elementary School
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in VICTORIA, Texas. The latest federal count shows 381 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 27% lower.
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School sits within VICTORIA ISD, which has 25 schools and 12,919 students.
Most students at Rodolfo Torres Elementary School are Hispanic: 81% of enrollment. The remaining students are 10% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Victoria County is about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Rodolfo Torres Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School employs 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Rodolfo Torres Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 83%. That is higher than the 69% average for public schools in Victoria County.
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.8% is 3.3 points below the 38.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Victoria County (population about 91,413), median household income is about $70,896, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 33 public schools operate in Victoria County, serving about 14,160 students.
O'Connor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 34.8% is above the 23.8% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Rodolfo Torres Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School saw enrollment fall 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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