📍 500 Delmar St, Zapata, Zapata County, 78076
Zapata South el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Zapata, Zapata County. The school has 467 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dahlia Garcia. It is part of the Zapata County Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Zapata South el enrolls 467 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 466 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
400 of the school's 467 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 400 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.
Zapata South el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 80.
Zapata South el is one of 6 schools in ZAPATA COUNTY ISD, based in ZAPATA, Texas. The district serves 3,290 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 467 students, Zapata South el is close to the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote