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Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem

Starr County · Region 01: Edinburg · 493 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
−14 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.2 ptsvs 77.8 average · 1,510 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
524 of 1,510tied with 45 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.8 average for 1,510 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 40.3% avg · +9.7 pts
Masters
19%vs 16% avg · +3 pts

Among 1,404 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 39.1% avg · +17.9 pts
Masters
22%vs 15.1% avg · +6.9 pts

Among 1,401 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
47%vs 43.7% avg · +3.3 pts
Masters
19%vs 17.5% avg · +1.5 pts

Among 1,404 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.8 average for 1,510 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 14 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 524th of 1,510 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 45 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageDr Mario E Ramirez Elem 9775808483 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 91 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8377.8 1,510 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8477.5 1,494 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8073.9 1,480 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7573.1 1,476 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9782.0 1,463 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement76 C+5.9 vs similar economic context · 1,404 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+6.1 vs similar economic context · 1,401 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C+2.8 vs similar economic context · 1,392 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−2.5 vs similar economic context · 1,381 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+8.2 vs similar economic context · 1,400 reporting
  • Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,510 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (85), so Student Achievement (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level74%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,329 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,329 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,329 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,510 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
493
Economically disadvantaged
97.6%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
66.1%+22.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.6%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.8%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.8%−4.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem

Hispanic: 99.2%White: 0.2%Asian: 0.6%
  • Hispanic 99.2%
  • White 0.2%
  • Asian 0.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,510 reporting for every category shown · 1,510 in full cohort

African American: 14.9%Hispanic: 77.8%White: 4.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 14.9%
  • Hispanic 77.8%
  • White 4.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
493
Economically disadvantaged students
481
Emergent bilingual students
326
Special education students
82

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
55
Students in TEA mobility denominator
364
TEA-published mobility rate
15.1%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 493 students in 2025–26, no change from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
493

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
0

No change

Change since 2021–22
+63

Increase · +14.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
493
Selected comparison
548.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,492 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem
School yearStudents enrolledDr Mario E Ramirez ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 430 First available year 597.9
2022–23 474 Increase of 44 (10.2%) 593.6
2023–24 481 Increase of 7 (1.5%) 583.6
2024–25 493 Increase of 12 (2.5%) 575.5
2025–26 493 No change 548.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
530

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 537 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 478 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 495 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 502 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 530 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$14k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem
  • Parent district: Rio Grande City Grulla ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,252
Selected comparison
$13,540

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,493 rated schools reporting

−$3,288 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,252 per student for this campus, $17,196 per student for its parent district, Rio Grande City Grulla ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearDr Mario E Ramirez ElemParent district: Rio Grande City Grulla ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$12,666$13,554$13,054$8,401 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,430 rated schools reporting
2019$12,908$13,360$13,108$8,376 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,445 rated schools reporting
2020$11,878$13,149$14,058$8,889 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,448 rated schools reporting
2021$12,710$14,195$14,797$9,779 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,450 rated schools reporting
2022$16,724$19,211$15,708$11,267 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 rated schools reporting
2023$13,891$18,065$16,792$11,799 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,476 rated schools reporting
2024$10,808$18,966$18,125$12,877 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,483 rated schools reporting
2025$10,252$17,196$18,972$13,540 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,493 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$60,451−$8,282 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33−5.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15+0.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 24.4%6 to 10 years: 15.9%11 to 20 years: 29.3%21 to 30 years: 23.8%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 15.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 23.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,510 reporting for every category shown · 1,510 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 18.5%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Dr Mario E Ramirez Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classDr Mario E Ramirez Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten15.418.1
Grade 118.318.3
Grade 215.818.2
Grade 31718.3
Grade 414.618.2
Grade 517.618.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 214901112.