Lopez-riggins El, Los Fresnos TX

Original Research by School Decision on Lopez-riggins El

Lopez-Riggins Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Los Fresnos, a small city in the Lower Rio Grande Valley south of Corpus Christi. The school draws from a residential area that has experienced rapid population growth, with new subdivisions and expanding enrollment district-wide. The campus sits along the Highway 100 corridor that forms the commercial spine of Los Fresnos, near the city library and community park.

The school enrolls students from a community where the vast majority qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic. About nine in ten students are Hispanic, with very small numbers of white and Black students. Data on special education enrollment and English learner status was not available for this school.

On state assessments in spring 2025, Lopez-Riggins showed uneven performance across subjects. In English language arts, the school performed more solidly: fourth graders reached proficiency at a rate above the median, and fifth graders performed at the higher end. In math, proficiency rates were moderate across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with about half to just under three in five students meeting the standard. Fifth-grade science proficiency was notably lower, at just under half the tested students. Across all assessed subjects and performance levels, the school reached about three in five students at the "meets" standard or above, which positions it in the top quartile relative to other Cameron County district schools on overall proficiency. A small handful of third graders took the Spanish assessment, too few to report a meaningful rate.

The school offers a few organized activities and clubs, including Robotics and a Ukulele Club, though the full range of extracurricular offerings was not detailed in available sources. For the broader context, the Los Fresnos school district has recently invested in new facilities and career pathways through a bond-approved expansion. A new Career and Technical Education Center opened in fall 2025, and a Performing Arts Center came online at the same time, both housed at the high school campus and available to secondary students. The district has also cut its property tax rate in consecutive years, a factor families weighing housing costs in the area may note.

Housing in the Los Fresnos zip code is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, supporting the area's appeal to families seeking lower-cost suburban living while remaining within the Rio Grande Valley's economic sphere. The city itself is car-oriented, organized around the commercial corridor, though some walkability exists in the center. Employment is anchored in education, health care, retail, and agriculture, with the school district and major retailers among the largest employers. The area continues to grow, and the district's strategic planning explicitly identifies large residential subdivisions that are expected to raise enrollment materially in coming years.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 55% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 57% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 67% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 46% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

This schoolLOS FRESNOS CISD, 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 4Lower-income62%Higher-income71%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income57%2 pp gap