📍 Hwy 107, Santa Rosa, Cameron County, 78593
Elma e Barrera el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Santa Rosa, Cameron County. The school has 402 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cynthia Hernandez. It is part of the Santa Rosa Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Elma e Barrera el enrolls 402 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 399 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 402 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 345 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elma e 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 27, state house district 35.
Elma e Barrera el is one of 3 schools in SANTA ROSA ISD, based in SANTA ROSA, Texas. The district serves 874 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 402 students, Elma e Barrera el is larger than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe