ZAVALA EL

As a close-knit elementary campus in HARLINGEN, Texas, ZAVALA EL works with 332 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of HARLINGEN CISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

HARLINGEN CISD runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 17,506 students. ZAVALA EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, ZAVALA EL logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cameron County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, ZAVALA EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), ZAVALA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EDNA TAMAYO HOUSE, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ZAVALA EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

ZAVALA EL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. ZAVALA EL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 332).

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