Enrollment
162
Elementary
DISTRICT 152 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZAVALLA ISD·NCES 484674005353
ZAVALLA EL
431 E MAIN ST, ZAVALLA, TX 75980 · (936) 410-4033 · Angelina County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL162 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
122 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
ZAVALLA EL→ZAVALLA H S
Based on grade levels within ZAVALLA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
31.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
11.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
162
-16 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.1:1
% White
96%
was 89%
% Hispanic
1%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ZAVALLA EL
Located at 431 E MAIN ST, in ZAVALLA, Texas, ZAVALLA EL is a rural-scale K-5 school that serves 162 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of ZAVALLA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 519.
ZAVALLA EL is one of 2 schools operated by ZAVALLA ISD, a district that educates 303 students overall.
Demographically, ZAVALLA EL logs that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest consists of 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.
On the resource side, ZAVALLA EL shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at ZAVALLA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZAVALLA EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.0%; ZAVALLA EL posts 19.4%, -21.6 points below that line.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Angelina County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,960 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Angelina County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), of which ZAVALLA EL is one.
ZAVALLA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, ZAVALLA EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZAVALLA EL has declined 9%, going from 178 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Angelina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
87,275
Census ACS
Median income
$60,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
15,649 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ZAVALLA ISD
- ZAVALLA H SHigh · 141 students
- STUBBLEFIELD LRN CTRElementary
Nearby schools
- ZAVALLA H S0.1 mi · 141
- HUNTINGTON INT11.6 mi · 237
- HUNTINGTON H S11.7 mi · 485
- HUNTINGTON EL12.2 mi · 491
- HUNTINGTON MIDDLE12.6 mi · 339
- PRIDE ALTER SCH12.6 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About ZAVALLA ELHow many students attend ZAVALLA EL?
ZAVALLA EL enrolls approximately 162 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ZAVALLA EL serve?
ZAVALLA EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ZAVALLA EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ZAVALLA EL is approximately 9.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZAVALLA EL?
At ZAVALLA EL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is ZAVALLA EL public or private?
ZAVALLA EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ZAVALLA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.