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Rodolfo Torres Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
2506th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 46% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Rodolfo Torres Elementary is a PK-5 school in the Victoria Independent School District (Isd) serving 381 students in a high-poverty area, where over 83% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. This school has become a remarkable turnaround story, jumping from the bottom 5th percentile in Texas elementary rankings just a few years ago to the 46th percentile in the most recent data. While many nearby schools like Shields Elementary and O'Connor Elementary remain stagnant in the bottom 10-20% of the state, Rodolfo Torres has outperformed seven of its nine nearby peers, making it a standout for improvement in the area.

The school's dramatic rise is driven largely by exceptional gains in mathematics. In 3rd grade, 38% of students are proficient in math (compared to the district average of 30.52%), and in 5th grade, 46.3% are proficient (compared to the district average of 38.39%). This math performance is now the second-highest in the immediate area, trailing only the high-performing Martin De Leon Elementary. Rodolfo Torres also shows strong results with key student groups, including White students (65th percentile statewide), male students (59th percentile), and low socio-economic status students (57th percentile for two consecutive years), indicating the school is effectively serving its high-poverty population.

While math scores have soared to near state averages, reading remains a relative weakness, with 3rd and 4th-grade reading proficiency below state averages. The school also shows some inconsistency with smaller subgroups, such as special education students, whose performance fluctuates year to year. Overall, Rodolfo Torres Elementary is a school in the midst of a powerful transformation, offering a potential model for other high-poverty schools in the district. Its success in math provides a blueprint that could be applied to boost reading performance and sustain its upward trajectory.

381
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,793
Per pupil spending ?
83.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4208 Lone Tree Rd
       Victoria, TX  77901

(361) 788-2850

District: Victoria Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend Rodolfo Torres Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Stem Middle
High:    Victoria East High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
80.6%
White:
10.0%
African American:
5.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 42nd percentile in 2016 → 46th in 2026
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school46%
District avg43%
Texas avg51%
2,506th of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 46%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 42% (2016) to bottom 46% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 14Elementary Schools in the Victoria Independent School District (Isd)
660th of 951Victoria Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202643.12506 of 462745.8%★★☆☆☆
202543.72516 of 465145.9%★★☆☆☆
202420.64035 of 471014.3%★☆☆☆☆
202316.84198 of 46479.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.74069 of 458111.2%★☆☆☆☆
202124.83521 of 457823.1%★☆☆☆☆
201912.14266 of 44794.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.93867 of 435911.3%★☆☆☆☆
201723.93551 of 432918.0%★☆☆☆☆
201646.32477 of 428642.2%★★☆☆☆
201558.21896 of 432056.1%★★★☆☆
201450.62297 of 426046.1%★★☆☆☆
201339.82882 of 422131.7%★★☆☆☆
201232.33304 of 420621.4%★☆☆☆☆
201142.72807 of 409531.5%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202145.11229 of 244449.7%★★☆☆☆
201928.02040 of 251518.9%★☆☆☆☆
201819.32269 of 24838.6%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202219.64083 of 44618.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.23843 of 433111.3%★☆☆☆☆
201913.84202 of 42952.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.53401 of 424019.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202652.7718 of 164356.3%★★★☆☆
202540.91726 of 291840.8%★★☆☆☆
202415.13470 of 36685.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.33396 of 35564.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.33166 of 34879.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.93444 of 34460.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.43274 of 33331.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201838.12154 of 322633.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.83139 of 457531.4%★★☆☆☆
202548.91801 of 374451.9%★★★☆☆
202423.83868 of 465817.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.93876 of 458815.5%★☆☆☆☆
202215.74197 of 45618.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.43229 of 449928.2%★☆☆☆☆
201916.84014 of 43487.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.43701 of 430614.1%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202656.21684 of 307545.2%★★☆☆☆
202531.82183 of 261916.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.82529 of 298015.1%★☆☆☆☆
202251.71790 of 295839.5%★★☆☆☆
202130.02335 of 300622.3%★☆☆☆☆
201935.92511 of 318421.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202643.62517 of 441343.0%★★☆☆☆
202556.21413 of 364461.2%★★★☆☆
202422.63861 of 446513.5%★☆☆☆☆
202318.64016 of 44018.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.54013 of 43768.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202127.03442 of 432920.5%★☆☆☆☆
201916.43961 of 41885.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.63718 of 416810.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202652.41964 of 452056.5%★★★☆☆
202552.01631 of 370556.0%★★★☆☆
202426.63809 of 459417.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.04047 of 452110.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.53921 of 447712.4%★☆☆☆☆
202136.22983 of 445133.0%★★☆☆☆
201915.54122 of 43094.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.83797 of 426411.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202653.41899 of 458258.6%★★★☆☆
202541.72171 of 373941.9%★★☆☆☆
202419.84057 of 464712.7%★☆☆☆☆
202315.54223 of 45857.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.73888 of 456314.8%★☆☆☆☆
202123.73616 of 449819.6%★☆☆☆☆
201911.14221 of 43573.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.33910 of 43199.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202630.63295 of 430123.4%★☆☆☆☆
202546.91742 of 354950.9%★★★☆☆
202422.83711 of 429213.5%★☆☆☆☆
202323.43572 of 408612.6%★☆☆☆☆
202217.23797 of 39523.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.23249 of 379914.5%★☆☆☆☆
201919.33469 of 36845.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.33200 of 355810.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202663.01059 of 300664.8%★★★☆☆
202526.92134 of 261218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202314.72900 of 31066.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202250.11588 of 308248.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.52290 of 308225.7%★☆☆☆☆
20198.13072 of 31422.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.92405 of 312723.1%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2026)65th percentile+19 vs school
Male (2026)59th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)57th percentile+11 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)56th percentile+10 vs school
African American (2021)50th percentile+27 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)45th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)43rd percentile-3 vs school
Female (2026)31st percentile-14 vs school
Special Education (2026)23rd percentile-22 vs school
At Risk (2022)8th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Reading48%-6 vs state
Mathematics43%-4 vs state

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