Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002289
Travis Elementary School
600 E POLK AVE, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3170 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
288 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 35 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 32.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Travis Elementary School
Travis Elementary School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Elementary School this school | 294 | 98.0% | 37.9% |
| Roosevelt Dual Language Academy SAN ANTONIO | 282 | 97.2% | 29.5% |
| Lida Hooe Elementary School DALLAS | 310 | 97.7% | 28.3% |
| Raymond Elementary School HOUSTON | 297 | 97.0% | 24.9% |
| Scroggins Elementary School HOUSTON | 287 | 99.0% | 38.3% |
| Palm Grove Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 294 | 95.6% | 38.6% |
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 Travis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,848 of 4,401 | #77 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,758 of 4,466 ▲ 1,802 | #59 of 93 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,534 of 4,466 ▲ 924 | #39 of 93 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #795 of 3,998 | #14 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,234 of 4,938 | #84 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,840 of 4,622 | #76 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #4,395 of 4,628 | #64 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #190 of 4,789 | #9 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,578 of 2,838 | #41 of 64 |
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
294
-57 (-16%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 294 | 17.4 | 16.9:1 | 98% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 21.1 | 14.3:1 | 91% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 21.7 | 13.4:1 | 93% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 89% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 23.8 | 14.6:1 | 91% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 88% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 89% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 91% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Travis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (347 to 294); teachers down 27% (23.8 to 17.4).
About Travis Elementary School
Travis Elementary School is an elementary school located in HARLINGEN, Texas, in Cameron County. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 294 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
The district, HARLINGEN CISD, has 17,506 students enrolled across 31 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Travis Elementary School is 98% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Travis Elementary School was 16.9:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 98%. It compares with 84% for public schools in Cameron County.
A school with Travis Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 31.9%. Travis Elementary School scores 37.9%, 6.0 points above that line.
In the county around the school, Cameron County, the median household income is $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. There are 187 public schools in Cameron County, enrolling about 97,392 students in all.
Vernon Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Travis Elementary School. The five-mile area around Travis Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 40.4% proficiency; Travis Elementary School posts 37.9%.
Travis Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 16% from its 2020-21 level of 351. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 16.9:1 over the same years.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Travis Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 2 states are named Travis Elementary. Travis Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 13.
- Travis Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 762 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 709 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolROSENBERG, TX · 579 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 543 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolMERCEDES, TX · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon Middle School0.5 mi · 631
- Coakley Middle School0.6 mi · 687
- Bowie Elementary School0.7 mi · 335
- Houston Elementary School0.7 mi · 420
- Austin Elementary School0.9 mi · 295
- Jefferson Elementary School1.1 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Travis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Travis Elementary School?
Travis Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Travis Elementary School serve?
Travis Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Travis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Travis Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Travis Elementary School?
Travis Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Travis Elementary School public or private?
Travis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARLINGEN CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.