RT BARRERA EL

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in ROMA, Texas, RT BARRERA EL hosts 400 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by ROMA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 519.

RT BARRERA EL is one of 10 schools operated by ROMA ISD, a district that works with 6,019 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RT BARRERA EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Starr County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, RT BARRERA EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RT BARRERA EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.8%; RT BARRERA EL posts 74.6%, +40.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Starr County indicate median household earnings sit near $37,639, 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), RT BARRERA EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RAMIRO BARRERA MIDDLE, roughly 1.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RT BARRERA EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RT BARRERA EL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 400). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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