Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMA ISD·NCES 483774005782
Rt Barrera Elementary School
126 N FM 649, ROMA, TX 78584 · (956) 486-2475 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
367 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 105 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
90.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +90.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
89.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +69.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 90 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 69 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 62.0% | 28.0% | 7.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 37.0% | 8.0% | 3.0% |
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 | 90.0% | 89.0% |
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+44.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 44 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 →
Schools most like Rt Barrera Elementary School
Rt Barrera Elementary School's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rt Barrera Elementary School this school | 400 | 91.8% | 78.5% |
| Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 401 | 90.5% | 28.5% |
| Elma E Barrera Elementary School SANTA ROSA | 377 | 91.8% | 39.9% |
| Fabens Elementary School FABENS | 421 | 90.5% | 25.5% |
| Taylor Elementary School MERCEDES | 406 | 93.6% | 32.8% |
| T Price Elementary School DONNA | 416 | 90.1% | 35.4% |
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 Rt Barrera Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #112 of 4,401 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #27 of 4,466 ▲ 25 | #2 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #34 of 4,466 ▲ 59 | #1 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,208 of 3,998 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,483 of 4,938 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #848 of 4,622 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #4,534 of 4,628 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #880 of 4,789 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #1,556 of 2,838 | #5 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
400
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 400 | 30.7 | 13.0:1 | 92% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 24.7 | 14.3:1 | 91% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 89% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 91% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 82% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 89% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 25% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rt Barrera Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (474 to 400); teachers up 2% (30 to 30.7).
About Rt Barrera Elementary School
Rt Barrera Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in ROMA, Texas. There are 400 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
Rt Barrera Elementary School is run by ROMA ISD, whose 10 schools enroll 6,019 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Rt Barrera Elementary School is Hispanic, at 100%. Among Starr County residents, the Hispanic share is about 97%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 1%.
There are 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Starr County is close, at 93%.
Rt Barrera Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Texas public elementary schools.
Rt Barrera Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.5%. The school's actual rate is 78.5%, 44.0 points higher.
In Starr County, home to about 66,067 people, median household income comes to about $37,639, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Starr County's 29 public schools enroll about 16,900 students and include Rt Barrera Elementary School.
Rt Barrera Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Ramiro Barrera Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Rt Barrera Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. Local comparison: Rt Barrera Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 78.5% versus a 62.4% average.
NCES describes the area around Rt Barrera Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 400, from 369 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ROMA ISD
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Roma Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Ramiro Barrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Emma Vera Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Other schools in ROMA
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Roma Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Emma Vera Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Ramiro Barrera Middle School1.1 mi · 564
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School1.7 mi · 458
- Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary School1.9 mi · 487
- Instructional & Guidance Center2.7 mi · 33
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School4.3 mi · 526
- IDEA Rio Grande City Academy4.8 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Rt Barrera Elementary SchoolHow large is Rt Barrera Elementary School?
Rt Barrera Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rt Barrera Elementary School serve?
Rt Barrera Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rt Barrera Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rt Barrera Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rt Barrera Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rt Barrera Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 100% Hispanic.
What district is Rt Barrera Elementary School in?
Rt Barrera Elementary School is part of ROMA ISD.
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