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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD·NCES 483714004180
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School
1600 W MAIN ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 · (956) 370-4773 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- A-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
15.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
582 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 98 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School this school | 604 | 96.4% | 31.4% |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School LAREDO | 612 | 97.2% | 50.8% |
| Perez Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 615 | 95.4% | 44.9% |
| Loma Park Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 587 | 96.9% | 28.8% |
| Aiken Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 630 | 96.3% | 46.8% |
| Dr Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary School MISSION | 583 | 95.5% | 32.7% |
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 Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,536 of 4,401 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,447 of 4,466 ▲ 443 | #15 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,933 of 4,466 ▲ 116 | #14 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #886 of 3,998 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #1,598 of 4,938 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,856 of 4,622 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.3% | #4,509 of 4,628 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #344 of 4,789 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #1,185 of 2,838 | #4 of 11 |
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
604
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 604 | 39.1 | 15.4:1 | 96% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 44.2 | 14.2:1 | 98% (615) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 43.1 | 14.8:1 | 97% (621) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 95% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 48.1 | 15.7:1 | 99% (747) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 48 | 16.7:1 | 92% (734) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 70% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (754 to 604); teachers down 19% (48.1 to 39.1).
About Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in RIO GRANDE CITY. It serves 604 students in pre-K through 5.
RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD is responsible for 15 schools, Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School included, with 9,316 students in all.
At Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. That is close to the 97% Hispanic share among all Starr County residents. Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School has a diversity index of 1%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School was 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 96%. Across public schools in Starr County, the average is about the same, 93%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.4%, compared with a predicted 32.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Starr County this way: median household income is about $37,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 31%. Federal data list 29 public schools in Starr County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,900.
Alberto and Celia Barrera Elementary School is located about 1.1 miles from Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 698 to 604.
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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 RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Grulla Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City AcademyElementary · 717 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City College PreparatoryHigh · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Alberto and Celia Barrera Elementary School1.1 mi · 420
- Ringgold Middle School1.5 mi · 639
- Preparatory for Early College High School1.5 mi · 430
- Ringgold Elementary School1.5 mi · 482
- Veterans Middle School1.7 mi · 734
- General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School2.0 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Roque Guerra Jr Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School?
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School serve?
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Is Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School public or private?
Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.