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Schools in Cuevitas

Cuevitas’s public schools

La Joya Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cuevitas. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/35schools above Texas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Texas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▲ 6% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.6
TX 14.9
Schools in town
0
22,864 students on the public path
In brief

Cuevitas’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Cuevitas’s 35 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College H S places highest (better than 75%); Juan de Dios Salinas Middle lowest (3%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

22 elementary schools serve Cuevitas, graded from D to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then eight middle schools and five high schools: La Joya H S, La Joya Palmview H S, Juarez-Lincoln H S, Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College H S and Jimmy Carter Early College H S. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cuevitas, with each school’s own grade.

22 schools teach K in Cuevitas’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to C+, so check the specific school.
Enrique Kiki Camarena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
715 students16:1Rate it →
John F Kennedy El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
C+
676 students17:1Rate it →
Jose de Escandon El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
614 students16:1Rate it →
Dr. Maria Palmira Mendiola El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
583 students17:1Rate it →
Juan Seguin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
569 students16:1Rate it →
Tabasco El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · La Joya
C
544 students16:1Rate it →
Lloyd M Bentsen El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C
538 students16:1Rate it →
Diaz-Villarreal El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
527 students15:1Rate it →
E B Reyna El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
523 students15:1Rate it →
Corina Pena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
D
523 students15:1Rate it →
Emiliano Zapata El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
511 students16:1Rate it →
Narciso Cavazos
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
471 students15:1Rate it →
Dr. Americo Paredes El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
465 students16:1Rate it →
William J Clinton El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
C+
463 students15:1Rate it →
Guillermo Flores El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
452 students16:1Rate it →
Elodia R Chapa El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
445 students15:1Rate it →
Patricio Perez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
421 students15:1Rate it →
Henry B Gonzalez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
391 students14:1Rate it →
Evangelina Garza El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
384 students14:1Rate it →
Sam Fordyce El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sullivan City
C−
356 students13:1Rate it →
Leo J Leo El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
319 students13:1Rate it →
Rosendo Benavides El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sullivan City
C−
267 students13:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–522 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+
6–88 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to C+
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the La Joya Independent School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

La Joya Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 36 schools · 22,942 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 14.6 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$13,608TX $12,815 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 51.1% · 13923 students tested
Math39%
State average 40.9% · 13512 students tested

Cuevitas vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Cuevitas’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cuevitas—La Joya Independent
Sullivan CityC+La Joya Independent

Every school in Cuevitas

35 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cuevitasin other towns
Enrique Kiki Camarena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
715 students16:1Rate it →
John F Kennedy El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
C+
676 students17:1Rate it →
Jose de Escandon El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
614 students16:1Rate it →
Dr. Maria Palmira Mendiola El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
583 students17:1Rate it →
Juan Seguin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
569 students16:1Rate it →
Tabasco El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · La Joya
C
544 students16:1Rate it →
Lloyd M Bentsen El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C
538 students16:1Rate it →
Diaz-Villarreal El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
527 students15:1Rate it →
E B Reyna El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
523 students15:1Rate it →
Corina Pena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
D
523 students15:1Rate it →
Emiliano Zapata El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
511 students16:1Rate it →
Narciso Cavazos
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
471 students15:1Rate it →
Dr. Americo Paredes El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
465 students16:1Rate it →
William J Clinton El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Penitas
C+
463 students15:1Rate it →
Guillermo Flores El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
D
452 students16:1Rate it →
Elodia R Chapa El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
445 students15:1Rate it →
Patricio Perez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
421 students15:1Rate it →
Henry B Gonzalez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
391 students14:1Rate it →
Evangelina Garza El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C−
384 students14:1Rate it →
Sam Fordyce El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sullivan City
C−
356 students13:1Rate it →
Leo J Leo El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mission
C+
319 students13:1Rate it →
Rosendo Benavides El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sullivan City
C−
267 students13:1Rate it →
Ann Richards Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mission
C
665 students16:1Rate it →
Memorial Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mission
C
663 students14:1Rate it →
Juan de Dios Salinas Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mission
D−
648 students13:1Rate it →
Cesar Chavez Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mission
C+
625 students15:1Rate it →
Irene M Garcia Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mission
C−
601 students14:1Rate it →
Dr. Javier Saenz Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Penitas
D
601 students13:1Rate it →
Lorenzo de Zavala Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · La Joya
C−
545 students13:1Rate it →
Domingo Trevino Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Alton
D
531 students12:1Rate it →
La Joya H S
High · Grades 9–12 · La Joya
C−
2,405 students15:1Rate it →
La Joya Palmview H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Mission
C
2,073 students15:1Rate it →
Juarez-Lincoln H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Mission
D
1,952 students14:1Rate it →
Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · La Joya
A−
471 students15:1Rate it →
Jimmy Carter Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · La Joya
B+
327 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Cuevitas’s schools

Are Cuevitas’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cuevitas. La Joya Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cuevitas. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 35 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cuevitas in?

La Joya Independent School District.

Where do Cuevitas kids go to high school?

One of five high schools, depending on your address: La Joya H S, La Joya Palmview H S, Juarez-Lincoln H S, Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College H S and Jimmy Carter Early College H S.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.