La Union Elementary

Summary:

La Union Elementary is a public magnet elementary school located in Garciasville, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 333. The school is part of the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 566 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite serving a predominantly Hispanic student population, La Union Elementary has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages on STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students at La Union Elementary who scored proficient or better on the STAAR Reading test ranged from 22.22% (4th grade) to 56.25% (3rd grade), compared to the state averages of 50.66% (4th grade) and 48.85% (3rd grade). Similarly, in STAAR Mathematics, the percentage of proficient or better students at La Union Elementary ranged from 22.22% (4th grade) to 43.9% (5th grade), compared to the state averages of 44.67% (4th grade) and 40.86% (3rd grade). The school's performance on the STAAR Science test for 5th grade was particularly low, with only 12.2% of students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 26.29%.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Rio Grande City Grulla ISD, La Union Elementary generally underperforms, with lower STAAR test scores and a lower SchoolDigger rating. However, the school's performance is not significantly different from some of the other low-performing schools in the district, suggesting that the district as a whole may be facing challenges in providing high-quality education to its students. To address these challenges, the school and district may need to implement targeted interventions, professional development for teachers, and a comprehensive review of their educational programs and practices.


Detail:

Public, Magnet PK, KG-5

 6300 NE Hwy 83
       Garciasville, TX  78582


(956) 370-4384

District: Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3130th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,491 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  346

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
99.7%
White:
0.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  98.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details La Union Elementary ranks worse than 67% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 7th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.83. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details La Union Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: Hispanic (99.7%), White (0.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 98.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at La Union Elementary is 12, which is the lowest among 9 elementary schools in the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at La Union Elementary is $11,491, which is the 2nd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

La Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks La Union Elementary 3130th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See La Union Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd) 566th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for La Union Elementary

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Rank History for all students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 49.07 2064th 3465 40.4%
2005 67.27 1135th 3475 67.3%
2006 47.78 2153rd 3476 38.1%
2007 59.35 1715th 3724 53.9%
2008 36.22 2848th 3768 24.4%
2009 20.98 3532nd 3884 9.1%
2010 38.36 2908th 3937 26.1%
2011 55.60 2096th 4095 48.8%
2012 11.05 4076th 4206 3.1%
2013 30.63 3370th 4221 20.2%
2014 43.36 2729th 4260 35.9%
2015 54.67 2080th 4320 51.9%
2016 37.30 2953rd 4286 31.1%
2017 38.78 2611th 4329 39.7%
2018 44.67 2262nd 4359 48.1%
2019 43.27 2483rd 4479 44.6%
2021 13.88 4290th 4578 6.3%
2022 26.20 3592nd 4581 21.6%
2023 23.06 3817th 4647 17.9%
2024 34.83 3130th 4675 33.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.62 851st 3226 73.6%
2019 62.94 923rd 3333 72.3%
2021 26.91 2854th 3446 17.2%
2022 37.77 2334th 3487 33.1%
2023 32.46 2655th 3556 25.3%
2024 40.28 2180th 3638 40.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.08 3503rd 3558 1.5%
2019 58.20 1019th 3684 72.3%
2021 20.90 3478th 3799 8.4%
2022 20.04 3677th 3952 7.0%
2023 20.39 3761st 4086 8.0%
2024 12.90 4148th 4261 2.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.65 1526th 4264 64.2%
2019 56.75 1584th 4309 63.2%
2021 20.54 3996th 4451 10.2%
2022 37.62 2986th 4477 33.3%
2023 29.43 3557th 4521 21.3%
2024 40.43 2851st 4560 37.5%
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Rank History for Migrant students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.12 29th 112 74.1%
2019 68.29 17th 93 81.7%
2022 26.17 40th 49 18.4%
2023 27.12 39th 44 11.4%
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Rank History for Female students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.47 2137th 4306 50.4%
2019 48.86 2129th 4348 51.0%
2021 14.75 4239th 4499 5.8%
2022 24.64 3751st 4561 17.8%
2023 27.54 3568th 4588 22.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.12 2578th 3106 17.0%
2019 31.11 2670th 3184 16.1%
2021 5.73 2923rd 3006 2.8%
2022 28.57 2519th 2958 14.8%
2023 17.88 2766th 2980 7.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.82 621st 4240 85.4%
2019 77.12 517th 4295 88.0%
2021 31.18 3279th 4331 24.3%
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Rank History for Male students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.59 2413th 4319 44.1%
2019 36.85 2864th 4357 34.3%
2021 16.96 4068th 4498 9.6%
2022 29.84 3405th 4563 25.4%
2023 20.59 3976th 4585 13.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at La Union Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.28 1928th 4168 53.7%
2019 49.56 2029th 4188 51.6%
2021 17.49 4035th 4329 6.8%
2022 31.27 3336th 4376 23.8%
2023 27.75 3496th 4401 20.6%
2024 37.36 2929th 4431 33.9%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for La Union Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 0 0 0 362 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1990 4 0 0 348 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1991 0 0 0 351 0 n/a n/a 0 351
1992 0 0 0 352 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1993 0 0 0 374 0 n/a n/a 0 374
1994 0 0 0 364 0 n/a n/a 0 364
1995 0 0 0 349 0 n/a n/a 0 349
1996 0 0 0 349 0 n/a n/a 0 349
1997 0 0 0 351 0 n/a n/a 0 351
1998 0 0 0 337 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1999 0 0 0 324 0 n/a n/a 0 324
2000 0 0 0 351 0 n/a n/a 0 351
2001 0 0 0 333 0 n/a n/a 0 333
2002 2 0 0 660 0 n/a n/a 0 662
2003 2 0 0 660 0 n/a n/a 0 662
2004 0 0 0 626 0 n/a n/a 0 626
2005 0 0 0 633 0 n/a n/a 0 633
2006 0 0 0 503 0 n/a n/a 0 503
2007 0 0 0 506 0 n/a n/a 0 506
2008 1 1 0 491 0 n/a n/a 0 493
2009 1 1 0 482 0 n/a n/a 0 484
2010 0 0 0 461 0 n/a n/a 0 461
2011 1 0 0 484 0 0 0 0 485
2012 1 0 0 494 0 0 0 0 495
2013 0 0 0 437 0 0 0 0 437
2014 1 0 0 451 0 0 0 0 452
2015 1 0 0 434 0 0 0 0 435
2016 0 0 0 423 0 0 0 0 423
2017 5 0 0 406 1 0 0 0 412
2018 3 0 0 369 0 0 0 0 372
2019 0 0 0 360 0 0 0 0 360
2020 1 0 0 366 0 0 0 0 367
2021 0 0 0 369 0 0 0 0 369
2022 1 0 0 281 0 0 0 0 282
2023 2 0 0 331 0 0 0 0 333
2024 1 0 0 345 0 0 0 0 346

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at La Union Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 362 n/a n/a n/a
1990 352 19.0 18.5 n/a
1991 351 19.4 18.0 n/a
1992 352 21.0 16.7 91.5
1993 374 22.0 17.0 93.9
1994 364 22.6 16.1 94.8
1995 349 22.2 15.7 94.6
1996 349 22.2 15.7 94.6
1997 351 22.8 15.4 71.5
1998 337 22.3 15.1 82.5
1999 324 22.6 14.3 71.3
2000 351 21.4 16.4 86.6
2001 333 24.0 13.9 85.9
2002 662 43.9 15.1 77.6
2003 662 43.9 15.1 77.6
2004 626 41.9 14.9 79.7
2005 633 41.8 15.1 87
2006 503 31.9 15.8 69.6
2007 506 34.8 14.5 54.3
2008 493 35.6 13.8 44.8
2009 484 34.7 13.9 33.9
2010 461 34.9 13.1 22.1
2011 485 34.4 14.0 8.9
2012 495 30.7 16.1 0
2013 437 32.0 13.6 99.3
2014 452 30.3 14.9 98
2015 435 31.0 14.0 90.8
2016 423 30.0 14.1 92
2017 412 30.8 13.3 73.5
2018 372 30.7 12.0 92.2
2019 360 30.4 11.8 96.7
2020 367 29.2 12.5 96.5
2021 369 30.4 12.1 97.8
2022 282 27.6 10.2 98.6
2023 333 30.0 11.0 97
2024 346 28.6 12.0 98.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio La Union Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 362 n/a n/a n/a
1990 352 19.0 18.5 n/a
1991 351 19.4 18.0 n/a
1992 352 21.0 16.7 91.5
1993 374 22.0 17.0 93.9
1994 364 22.6 16.1 94.8
1995 349 22.2 15.7 94.6
1996 349 22.2 15.7 94.6
1997 351 22.8 15.4 71.5
1998 337 22.3 15.1 82.5
1999 324 22.6 14.3 71.3
2000 351 21.4 16.4 86.6
2001 333 24.0 13.9 85.9
2002 662 43.9 15.1 77.6
2003 662 43.9 15.1 77.6
2004 626 41.9 14.9 79.7
2005 633 41.8 15.1 87
2006 503 31.9 15.8 69.6
2007 506 34.8 14.5 54.3
2008 493 35.6 13.8 44.8
2009 484 34.7 13.9 33.9
2010 461 34.9 13.1 22.1
2011 485 34.4 14.0 8.9
2012 495 30.7 16.1 0
2013 437 32.0 13.6 99.3
2014 452 30.3 14.9 98
2015 435 31.0 14.0 90.8
2016 423 30.0 14.1 92
2017 412 30.8 13.3 73.5
2018 372 30.7 12.0 92.2
2019 360 30.4 11.8 96.7
2020 367 29.2 12.5 96.5
2021 369 30.4 12.1 97.8
2022 282 27.6 10.2 98.6
2023 333 30.0 11.0 97
2024 346 28.6 12.0 98.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for La Union Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,076 (8.9%) $11,050 (91.1%) $12,127
2020 $860 (7.6%) $10,454 (92.4%) $11,314
2021 $1,780 (15.5%) $9,711 (84.5%) $11,491

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on La Union Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2483rd of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3817th of 4647 Elementary schools
 26.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (La Union Elementary)2233
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))3638
 2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (La Union Elementary)4329
 14%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))4840
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (La Union Elementary)3033
 3%
   4th Grade Reading (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))4329
 14%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (La Union Elementary)3230
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))4433
 11%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (La Union Elementary)4935
 14%
   5th Grade Reading (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))4343
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (La Union Elementary)6333
 30%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))5440
 14%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (La Union Elementary)6423
 41%
   5th Grade Science (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd))4628
 18%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students360333
 7.5%
African American00
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic360331
 8.1%
Pacific Islander00
White02
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients96.7%97%
 0.3%


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La Union Elementary ranks 3130th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at La Union Elementary are 100% Hispanic.

In the 2023-24 school year, 346 students attended La Union Elementary.


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