RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL

RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in EDCOUCH, Texas, one of the schools within EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 457 students spanning grades K through 5.

RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL is one of 9 schools operated by EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD, a district that instructs 4,349 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 22.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: JORGE R GUTIERREZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL has ticked up 5%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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