📍 6300 Ne Hwy 83, Garciasville, Starr County, 78547
La Union el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garciasville, Starr County. The school has 333 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joanna Barrera. It is part of the Rio Grande City Grulla Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Union el enrolls 333 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 331 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
323 of the school's 333 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 318 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Union el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 21, state house district 31.
La Union el is one of 15 schools in RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD, based in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas. The district serves 9,316 students district-wide and employs 729 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 333 students, La Union el is smaller than the district average of about 621 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe