TONY GONZALEZ EL

TONY GONZALEZ EL is one of the small elementary schools in SANTA MARIA, Texas, part of SANTA MARIA ISD, with 224 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Within SANTA MARIA ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 512 students, TONY GONZALEZ EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TONY GONZALEZ EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

In terms of school funding signals, TONY GONZALEZ EL reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TONY GONZALEZ EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Cameron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), TONY GONZALEZ EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SANTA MARIA MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TONY GONZALEZ EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

TONY GONZALEZ EL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TONY GONZALEZ EL has shrank 25%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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