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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMA ISD·NCES 483774011414
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL
310 S GATE RD, ROMA, TX 78584 · (956) 849-7230 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
490 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
82.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+49.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 49 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
526
-54 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.8:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL
Set in ROMA, Texas, ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, overseen by ROMA ISD. It hosts 526 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within ROMA ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 6,019 students, ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Starr County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 82.5%, a residual of +49.3 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Starr County indicate the typical household earns roughly $37,639 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Starr County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students), ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FLORENCE J SCOTT EL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL operates from a town-center location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Starr County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,067
Census ACS
Median income
$37,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
16,900 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROMA ISD
- ROMA H SHigh · 1,721 students
- ROMA MIDDLEMiddle · 776 students
- RAMIRO BARRERA MIDDLEMiddle · 564 students
- FLORENCE J SCOTT ELElementary · 550 students
- EMMA VERA ELElementary · 504 students
- DELIA GONZALEZ GARCIA ELElementary · 487 students
Other schools in ROMA
- ROMA H SHigh · 1,721 students
- ROMA MIDDLEMiddle · 776 students
- FLORENCE J SCOTT ELElementary · 550 students
- EMMA VERA ELElementary · 504 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL ELElementary · 458 students
- RT BARRERA ELElementary · 400 students
Nearby schools
- FLORENCE J SCOTT EL1.1 mi · 550
- INSTRUCTIONAL & GUIDANCE CENTER1.9 mi · 33
- ROMA H S2.3 mi · 1,721
- EMMA VERA EL2.4 mi · 504
- ROMA MIDDLE2.5 mi · 776
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EL2.9 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ ELHow many students attend ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL?
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL serve?
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL.
How diverse is ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL?
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL?
ROEL A & CELIA R SAENZ EL is overseen by ROMA ISD in Starr County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.