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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057005900
Santa Rita Elementary School
5306 WHITMAN ST, MIDLAND, TX 79705 · (432) 240-7900 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
27.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
474 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp 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 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% |
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% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Santa Rita Elementary School
Santa Rita Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rita Elementary School this school | 835 | 56.8% | 50.1% |
| Willow Bend Elementary School LUBBOCK | 749 | 57.0% | 32.3% |
| Carpenter Elementary School DEER PARK | 837 | 56.0% | 45.5% |
| Susie Fuentes Elementary School KYLE | 726 | 57.7% | 39.5% |
| Sst Alamo SAN ANTONIO | 848 | 54.1% | 52.8% |
| Fields Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 776 | 54.0% | 54.5% |
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 Santa Rita Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #1,423 of 4,401 | #6 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,686 of 4,466 ▼ 215 | #9 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,913 of 4,466 ▼ 1,181 | #16 of 27 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -24.5pp | #35 of 3,998 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #338 of 4,938 | #5 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #4,612 of 4,622 | #27 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #2,129 of 4,628 | #13 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #3,279 of 4,789 | #18 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.2% | #166 of 1,307 | #2 of 22 |
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
835
+288 (+53%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 845
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 835 | 30.3 | 27.6:1 | 57% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 28 | 22.6:1 | 50% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 30.4 | 19.6:1 | 45% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 44% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 35.3 | 17.0:1 | 28% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 25% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 25% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 845 | 34 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Rita Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (600 to 835); teachers down 14% (35.3 to 30.3).
About Santa Rita Elementary School
Located in MIDLAND, Texas, Santa Rita Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment stands at 835 students, covering pre-K through 6. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
The 40 schools of MIDLAND ISD, including Santa Rita Elementary School, enroll 29,651 students.
About 64% of the student body at Santa Rita Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 46% of Midland County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The school lists 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.6:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 57% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Midland County is close, at 57%.
Santa Rita Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Santa Rita Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 50.1%. Predicted: 49.5%.
In Midland County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $92,874, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 52 public schools and about 35,119 students.
Emerson Elementary School is the nearest public school to Santa Rita Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 50.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data put enrollment at 547 in 2020-21 and 835 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 27.6:1.
This page is set up for the Santa Rita Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other Santa Rita Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Santa Rita Elementary. Santa Rita Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolLIBERTY HILL, TX · 745 students
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 357 students
- Santa Rita ElementarySalinas, CA · 545 students
- Santa Rita ElementaryLos Altos, CA · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Elementary School1.2 mi · 529
- Goddard Junior High School1.2 mi · 1,210
- Early College H S at Midland College1.6 mi · 365
- Pre-K Academy at Midland College1.6 mi · 221
- Parker Elementary School1.9 mi · 468
- Fannin Elementary School2.1 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Rita Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Santa Rita Elementary School?
Santa Rita Elementary School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Santa Rita Elementary School serve?
Santa Rita Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Santa Rita Elementary School?
Approximately 27.6:1 students per teacher at Santa Rita Elementary School.
How diverse is Santa Rita Elementary School?
Santa Rita Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Santa Rita Elementary School in?
Santa Rita Elementary School is part of MIDLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.