ZAPATA NORTH EL

ZAPATA NORTH EL, a mid-tier elementary school in ZAPATA, Texas, part of ZAPATA COUNTY ISD, educates 571 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within ZAPATA COUNTY ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,290 students, ZAPATA NORTH EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ZAPATA NORTH EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ZAPATA NORTH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of +13.6 points.

In the area at large, Zapata County reports that median household earnings sit near $39,239, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 36%. In all, Zapata County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,290 students), of which ZAPATA NORTH EL is one.

The closest other public school is ZAPATA MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZAPATA NORTH EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.6%.

ZAPATA NORTH EL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ZAPATA NORTH EL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 620 (now 571). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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