Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL CITY ISD·NCES 481593013378
Zavala Elementary School
909 JAVELINA DR, CRYSTAL CITY, TX 78839 · (830) 374-0083 · Zavala County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
269 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 107 | 36% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 34% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Zavala Elementary School→Benito Juarez Elementary School→Sterling H Fly Jr High School→Crystal City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CRYSTAL CITY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 36.0% | 15.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Zavala Elementary School
Zavala Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zavala Elementary School this school | 300 | 89.7% | 44.3% |
| Seco Mines Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 304 | 89.5% | 42.1% |
| Moreno Elementary School EL PASO | 304 | 87.8% | 36.5% |
| Pearson Elementary School MISSION | 307 | 91.2% | 32.1% |
| San Luis Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 314 | 88.5% | 37.0% |
| L G Alarcon Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 297 | 87.2% | 31.3% |
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 Zavala Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #2,046 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #996 of 4,466 ▲ 1,109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,605 of 4,466 ▲ 1,575 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #4,197 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #845 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #4,258 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,111 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #431 of 2,838 |
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
300
-84 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 300 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 90% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 21.5 | 14.3:1 | 87% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 19.6 | 18.3:1 | 92% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 84% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 29.3 | 14.9:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 78% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (438 to 300); teachers down 22% (29.3 to 23).
About Zavala Elementary School
Zavala Elementary School is a small elementary school in CRYSTAL CITY, Texas, under CRYSTAL CITY ISD. There are 300 students enrolled, covering grades 1 through 3. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 42% below that mark.
Zavala Elementary School is one school in CRYSTAL CITY ISD, a system of 5 schools with 1,643 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Zavala Elementary School is Hispanic, at 97%. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Zavala Elementary School scores 6%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. In all, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Zavala Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Texas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Zavala Elementary School is 8.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
For Zavala County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $36,749, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 31%. The county has 8 public schools and about 2,174 students.
Dr Tomas Rivera Elementary School is the nearest public school to Zavala Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Nearby schools with test data average 32.9% proficiency; Zavala Elementary School posts 44.3%.
Zavala Elementary School falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment fell 22% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 13.0:1.
People who know Zavala Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Zavala County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,412
Census ACS
Median income
$36,749
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,174 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CRYSTAL CITY ISD
- Crystal City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Sterling H Fly Jr High SchoolMiddle · 355 students
- Benito Juarez Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Dr Tomas Rivera Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
Other schools in CRYSTAL CITY
- Crystal City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Sterling H Fly Jr High SchoolMiddle · 355 students
- Benito Juarez Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Dr Tomas Rivera Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
Other Zavala Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 1 state are named Zavala Elementary. Zavala Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Zavala Elementary SchoolPECOS, TX · 861 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 565 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 433 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 332 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Tomas Rivera Elementary School0.1 mi · 233
- Benito Juarez Elementary School0.2 mi · 250
- Crystal City High School0.3 mi · 505
- Sterling H Fly Jr High School0.4 mi · 355
- Carrizo Springs Elementary School11.8 mi · 573
- Carrizo Springs Intermediate School12.0 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Zavala Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 01-03.
What grades does Zavala Elementary School serve?
Zavala Elementary School serves grades 01-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zavala Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zavala Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zavala Elementary School?
At Zavala Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is Zavala Elementary School in?
Zavala Elementary School is part of CRYSTAL CITY ISD.
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