La Gloria El, Falfurrias TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on La Gloria El

La Gloria Elementary serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Falfurrias, in Jim Wells County. It is a small school, with an enrollment distributed across its eight grade levels. The vast majority of students are Hispanic. About three-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the families the school serves.

The school's state test results show uneven performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, results improve noticeably as students advance. Third-graders showed modest proficiency, but by fifth grade, a majority of students met or exceeded the state standard, with that performance sustained into sixth grade. Math results are considerably weaker. Proficiency rates in third and fourth grades are very low, rising only slightly by fifth and sixth grade. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth grade, is also low. Social studies performance lags behind ELA as well.

Looking across all tested subjects schoolwide, about one-third of students achieved proficiency. When Texas breaks results into performance levels, roughly three-fifths of La Gloria students "approach" the standard, about one-third "meet" it, and a small fraction "master" it. In math especially, mastery is rare, suggesting that while some students reach proficiency, few are far ahead of the bar.

Compared to the other districts in Jim Wells County, La Gloria's overall proficiency index sits below the county midpoint. The school's particular strength lies in English language arts, where upper elementary grades show real gains. The math and science results suggest that a parent may want to look into further with the school how instruction in those subjects is being approached and what support structures exist for students who fall behind early.

No trend data spanning multiple years was available, so it is unclear whether these results represent improvement, stability, or decline. Likewise, data on chronic absenteeism, staffing, discipline, special education enrollment, and English learner services were not reported in the available sources, leaving gaps in the fuller picture of school operations and student support.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 26 pts below state median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 1 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 667%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 4 pts below state median

This schoolLA GLORIA ISD, 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-income7%Higher-income100%93 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income67%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income43%Higher-income89%46 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income13%Higher-income60%47 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income0%Higher-income33%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income11%18 pp gap