Iltexas Msg Ramirez El, Cleveland TX

Original Research by School Decision on Iltexas Msg Ramirez El

ILTEXAS MSG Ramirez Elementary is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Cleveland, in Liberty County's eastern edge. It is part of International Leadership of Texas, a statewide public charter network that has undergone rapid expansion. The school currently enrolls a small population of students, with enrollment distributed across its six grade levels.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, and nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community of significant economic need. The school has not reported counts for students with IEPs or English learners, so the full picture of special-population support is incomplete. A parent wanting to understand the school's capacity to serve these groups should ask the school directly.

Academically, ILTEXAS MSG Ramirez is in the early stages and faces substantial challenges. On the most recent state assessments, proficiency rates across math, English language arts, and science are low. In third grade, proficiency in both math and ELA stood at roughly one in ten students. By fifth grade, math proficiency rose modestly to around one in four, while ELA proficiency reached about one in five. Science proficiency in fifth grade was minimal. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Liberty County.

This is a newly operational school, and only one year of state testing data is available, so trends cannot yet be assessed. A parent may want to look into whether the school has a plan to address these early results and what benchmarks leadership is tracking toward improvement.

The defining feature of ILTexas is its pedagogy. All students in the system study a trilingual curriculum encompassing English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. Leadership instruction based on U.S. Marine Corps principles is embedded throughout, and daily uniforms are required. This model is intentional and consistent across the network, not incidental. Families drawn to this approach find it compelling; families seeking a conventional classroom structure should know what to expect.

ILTexas is building a full K-12 pathway for students in this region. A new high school in Liberty County is publicly reported to be opening in summer 2026, meaning families can keep children in the system through graduation rather than transferring out. This is a significant development for continuity and school choice in the area.

Housing in the Cleveland area is relatively affordable, with home values and rents below state benchmarks. For a family choosing among charter and traditional public options, the school's extreme early-stage proficiency results are the central consideration. The school is real and operating, but its academic standing is not yet established, and parents evaluating it should do so with clear-eyed attention to current performance while acknowledging that a charter's trajectory can shift as systems mature. The trilingual and leadership-focused mission will resonate with families seeking that educational approach; it will not fit families prioritizing test-score precedent or conventional instruction.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 311%

School 11% · District 32% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 31% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 311%

School 11% · District 15% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 26% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 11% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

This schoolINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income8%Higher-income45%37 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income16%Higher-income30%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income21%Higher-income60%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income8%Higher-income45%37 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income13%Higher-income10%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income40%14 pp gap