📍 126 N Fm 649, Roma, Starr County, 78584
Rt Barrera el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Roma, Starr County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marisa Garcia. It is part of the Roma Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rt Barrera el enrolls 354 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 349 | 99% |
| White | 5 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
316 of the school's 354 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 316 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.
Rt Barrera 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.
Rt Barrera el is one of 10 schools in ROMA ISD, based in ROMA, Texas. The district serves 6,019 students district-wide and employs 431 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 354 students, Rt Barrera el is smaller than the district average of about 602 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe