ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL

ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in PHARR, Texas, one of the schools within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, instructs 657 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

Within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which oversees 44 schools and 29,749 students, ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.0%; actual is 49.2%, +15.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DANIEL RAMIREZ EL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALLEN & WILLIAM ARNOLD EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 641 students in 2018 compared to 657 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.