Summary:
This analysis examines seven elementary schools in zip code 78840 (Del Rio, TX), all part of the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, serving grades K-5 with an average enrollment of 586 students and a high average free/reduced lunch rate of 75.4%.
The top-performing schools are Ceniza Hills Elementary (ranked 43rd percentile, 2 stars) and Buena Vista Elementary (ranked 42nd percentile, 2 stars). Ceniza Hills has shown a strong upward trend and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (50.56%), while Buena Vista is notable for achieving relatively strong results with the lowest per-student spending ($8,882), suggesting high efficiency. In contrast, Ruben Chavira Elementary is the most challenged, ranking in the 3rd percentile with a 0-star rating and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (86.68%). Garfield Elementary is also a significant concern, showing a clear negative trend from the 12th percentile to the 8th percentile, and despite having the highest per-student spending ($11,127), it recorded an exceptionally low 0.92% proficiency rate in 5th-grade Science.
A critical finding is the "Science Gap," with 5th-grade STAAR scores alarmingly low across all schools—the district average was just 14.67% compared to the state average of 29.57%. However, there is a glimmer of hope in 7th-grade Mathematics, where Garfield Elementary (36.82%) and the district (36.57%) both exceeded the state average (29.41%), suggesting a potential strength in middle school math. The data also reveals a clear socioeconomic divide, with the two top-performing schools having the lowest poverty rates and the two lowest-performing schools having the highest, highlighting the challenges schools in high-poverty areas face.
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