Nanny El, Riviera TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Nanny El

Nanny Elementary is a small rural primary school serving about a hundred seventy students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Riviera, a low-density community in South Texas brush country about fifteen miles south of Kingsville. It sits on a clustered school campus where Riviera ISD runs all three of its campuses: Nanny Elementary, De La Paz Middle School, and Kaufer Early College High School.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is evenly distributed across the early grades and reasonably stable, though pre-kindergarten and kindergarten cohorts are notably larger than the tested grades.

In state testing, the school shows academic performance that sits below the midpoint among districts in Kleberg County. Math proficiency ranges from around a quarter of third-graders to roughly two-fifths of fifth-graders meeting or exceeding state standards. English language arts proficiency is lower, with about one in six third-graders and one in three fourth-graders meeting standards, though fifth grade rebounds to about two-fifths. Science performance at fifth grade is notably weak. Across all subjects, only about one in three students reaches the "meets" level of proficiency, and very few master the material. A parent may want to look into these results further with the school and understand what supports are in place.

The district recently introduced new instructional strategies: a daytime "Seahawk Success" intervention period and expanded after-school tutorials. District leadership has attributed recent improvements in the district's state accountability rating to these additions. Whether these interventions have begun to show effect at Nanny itself, and how they are deployed in the early elementary grades, would be worth understanding directly from the school.

Housing in the Riviera area is moderately priced, with home values and rental costs running below both state and national mediums. The local economy is built on South Texas ranching and agriculture, anchored by King Ranch and Kenedy Ranch lands surrounding the community, along with fishing and hunting charters on Baffin Bay. The area has access to outdoor recreation tied to the bay and birding, though no fixed-route public transit was identified. A major highway project, the US 77 Riviera Relief Route, is expected to begin construction in fall 2025 and would eventually establish a new freeway corridor east of town.

Nanny Elementary is a straightforward, small-town elementary school in a tight-knit rural setting. Its current academic results are low by state standards, and a family considering enrollment would want concrete information about how the school's instructional supports will address that, particularly in reading and science. For families committed to the Riviera community and its lifestyle, or who plan to stay through the later grades where the district's high school has shown stronger performance, this is the neighborhood option.

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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 427%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Science

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolRIVIERA 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-income20%Higher-income14%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income53%31 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income60%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income20%Higher-income29%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income53%31 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income40%7 pp gap