📍 1 S Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City, Starr County, 78582
Ringgold el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rio Grande City, Starr County. The school has 450 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mario Saenz. It is part of the Rio Grande City Grulla Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ringgold el enrolls 450 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% Asian and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 447 | 99% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
426 of the school's 450 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 426 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ringgold el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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.
Ringgold 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 450 students, Ringgold 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: Town - Distant