📍 223 S Leo Ave, La Joya, Hidalgo County, 78560
Tabasco el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Joya, Hidalgo County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karen Villarreal. It is part of the La Joya Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tabasco el enrolls 538 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 538 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
514 of the school's 538 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 507 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tabasco el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 35.
Tabasco el is one of 37 schools in LA JOYA ISD, based in LA JOYA, Texas. The district serves 22,942 students district-wide and employs 1,792 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 538 students, Tabasco el is close to the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large