Presidio Elementary

Presidio Elementary is a PK-5 public school in Presidio, Texas, serving 446 students within the Presidio Independent School District (Isd), a community with very high economic need where over 90% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Academically, the school is in a state of crisis, with proficiency rates far below state averages across nearly all subjects. For example, in the 2025-2026 school year, only 12.96% of 3rd graders were proficient in math, compared to 44.33% statewide—a gap of over 31 percentage points. In 5th-grade science, just 3.64% of students met standards, versus 29.57% statewide. The school has ranked in the bottom 10% of Texas elementary schools for three consecutive years, earning a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. This underperformance is systemic, affecting every student group, including English Language Learners and those in special education. A bright spot is the school’s relative strength in Spanish-language assessments, where 4th graders actually outperformed the state average in reading (47.37% vs. 37.14%).

Despite spending over $10,700 per student—higher than the Texas average—academic outcomes remain among the worst in the state, raising questions about resource allocation. The school has also seen a dramatic decline since the pandemic: it ranked in the 44th percentile in 2020-2021 but fell to the 2nd percentile by 2024-2025, with only a slight recovery to the 9th percentile in 2025-2026. Notably, the Gifted and Talented program collapsed from the 44th percentile in 2021-2022 to the 0th percentile in 2024-2025, indicating a failure to challenge even the highest-ability learners. There are no other schools within 20 miles for comparison, making this a critical situation for the entire community.