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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818006695
Zavala Elementary School
3615 W ROGERS RD, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2350 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
17.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
497 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 82 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 (32.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zavala Elementary School this school | 565 | 88.0% | 32.3% |
| Zapata North Elementary School ZAPATA | 571 | 88.6% | 49.5% |
| Raul A Gonzalez Jr Elementary School WESLACO | 552 | 87.9% | 52.0% |
| Josefa L Sambrano Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 554 | 87.2% | N/A |
| Guerra Elementary School EDINBURG | 545 | 88.4% | 43.7% |
| Irving Dual Language Academy SAN ANTONIO | 557 | 88.5% | 39.1% |
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 | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,445 of 4,401 | #164 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,846 of 4,466 ▲ 287 | #143 of 183 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,554 of 4,466 ▼ 247 | #159 of 183 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #923 of 3,998 | #35 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #1,901 of 4,938 | #68 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,925 of 4,622 | #137 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.4% | #4,580 of 4,628 | #158 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #1,286 of 4,789 | #115 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #803 of 1,307 | #26 of 53 |
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
565
+84 (+17%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 565 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 88% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 34.8 | 16.9:1 | 94% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 92% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 91% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 90% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 89% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 42% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 15 | 37.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (519 to 565); teachers up 7% (31 to 33).
About Zavala Elementary School
Zavala Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in EDINBURG, Texas. Total enrollment is 565 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
The district, EDINBURG CISD, operates 44 schools serving 33,343 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Zavala Elementary School is Hispanic, at 100%. The diversity index for Zavala Elementary School is 0%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Zavala Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at Zavala Elementary School.
Zavala Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Texas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Zavala Elementary School is 3.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In the surrounding county, Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Counting Zavala Elementary School, Hidalgo County has 364 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, B L Garza Middle School is closest at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Zavala Elementary School places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 565, from 481 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.5 to 17.1 over 4 years.
People who know Zavala Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other Zavala Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 1 state are named Zavala Elementary. Zavala Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Zavala Elementary SchoolPECOS, TX · 861 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 433 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 332 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolCRYSTAL CITY, TX · 300 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 253 students
Nearby schools
- B L Garza Middle School1.2 mi · 1,035
- R C Flores-Mark A Zapata Elementary School1.9 mi · 625
- Elias Longoria Sr Middle School2.1 mi · 770
- IDEA Quest Academy2.1 mi · 592
- IDEA Quest College Preparatory2.1 mi · 667
- Truman Elementary School2.1 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Zavala Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Zavala Elementary School serve?
Zavala Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zavala Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zavala Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.