Schools in Zapata County ISD · Zapata County

About schools in Zapata County

Zapata County operates as a single-district system along the Texas-Mexico border, where all five ranked public schools draw from the town of Zapata itself. Zapata North Elementary leads the county at the 59th percentile statewide, followed closely by Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary at 54th — both sitting above the state midpoint, a meaningful marker for a small, geographically isolated district. Scores across the remaining schools trail off from there, and no school reaches the top quartile statewide. Families weighing this county will find a compact, border-community system with some bright spots at the elementary level but limited range overall.