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What's the one class at ALFRED SORENSEN EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003923
ALFRED SORENSEN EL
701 E SAM HOUSTON, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2910 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
493 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
583
-103 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.9:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ALFRED SORENSEN EL
ALFRED SORENSEN EL is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in SAN JUAN, Texas, run under PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, with 583 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
ALFRED SORENSEN EL is one of 44 schools operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, a district that hosts 29,749 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ALFRED SORENSEN EL shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ALFRED SORENSEN EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALFRED SORENSEN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 43.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. ALFRED SORENSEN EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).
AUSTIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALFRED SORENSEN EL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.5%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. ALFRED SORENSEN EL's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 686 (now 583). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
- PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,300 students
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in SAN JUAN
- PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,300 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN JUANHigh · 741 students
- R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLEMiddle · 736 students
- EDITH & ETHEL CARMAN ELElementary · 686 students
- IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUANElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- AUSTIN MIDDLE0.3 mi · 833
- PREMIER H S OF SAN JUAN0.6 mi · 108
- TEXASWORKS - SAN JUAN0.6 mi · 9
- VIDA N CLOVER EL0.7 mi · 378
- PSJA ALAMO BUILDING BLOCKS ACADEMY0.7 mi · 94
- EDITH & ETHEL CARMAN EL0.8 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About ALFRED SORENSEN ELHow large is ALFRED SORENSEN EL?
ALFRED SORENSEN EL enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ALFRED SORENSEN EL serve?
ALFRED SORENSEN EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALFRED SORENSEN EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALFRED SORENSEN EL is approximately 16.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALFRED SORENSEN EL?
At ALFRED SORENSEN EL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is ALFRED SORENSEN EL public or private?
ALFRED SORENSEN EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.