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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486006159
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL
500 E FM 495, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2800 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
518 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
46.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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
557
-113 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.7:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL
Set in SAN JUAN, Texas, AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. It educates 557 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which oversees 44 schools and 29,749 students, AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 44.3%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL is one.
The closest other public school is R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL. On composite proficiency, AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Trend over the last 7 years. AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 557). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 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
- R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLE0.2 mi · 736
- IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUAN0.4 mi · 617
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN JUAN0.4 mi · 741
- JOHN DOEDYNS EL0.6 mi · 391
- SGT LEONEL TREVINO EL0.9 mi · 401
- DRS REED - MOCK EL1.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About AMANDA GARZA-PENA ELHow many students attend AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL?
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL serve?
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL have?
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL?
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL in?
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
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