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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486006159
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School
500 E FM 495, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2800 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 90 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +54.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 54 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 8.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School this school | 557 | 93.0% | 46.2% |
| Florence J Scott Elementary School ROMA | 550 | 92.5% | 86.6% |
| Villarreal Elementary School EDINBURG | 543 | 93.0% | 43.0% |
| Monte Cristo Elementary School EDINBURG | 535 | 92.9% | 39.6% |
| Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School RIO BRAVO | 535 | 93.5% | 46.4% |
| A M Ochoa Elementary School DONNA | 580 | 93.6% | 34.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,831 of 4,401 | #76 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #838 of 4,466 ▲ 810 | #20 of 183 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,464 of 4,466 ▲ 376 | #49 of 183 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #453 of 3,998 | #15 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #1,980 of 4,938 | #71 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,544 of 4,622 | #114 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.4% | #4,503 of 4,628 | #125 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #739 of 4,789 | #71 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,443 of 2,838 | #73 of 128 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 557 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 93% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 34.3 | 16.8:1 | 93% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 31.7 | 18.8:1 | 94% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 96% (550) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 35.9 | 18.7:1 | 96% (644) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 93% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 11% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (670 to 557); teachers down 5% (35.9 to 34).
About Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School
Among the schools in SAN JUAN, Texas, is Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 557 students in pre-K through 5.
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School is run by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, whose 44 schools enroll 29,749 students.
The large majority of students at Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School, 99%, are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
Teacher staffing is 34 full-time equivalents, or about 16.4 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 93% of students, or 518, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Hidalgo County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, which together enroll about 212,859 students.
The shortest distance from Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to R Yzaguirre Middle School. The five-mile area around Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 46.2% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 557, close to the 570 recorded in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in SAN JUAN
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San JuanHigh · 741 students
- R Yzaguirre Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- IDEA Academy San JuanElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- R Yzaguirre Middle School0.2 mi · 736
- IDEA Academy San Juan0.4 mi · 617
- IDEA College Preparatory San Juan0.4 mi · 741
- John Doedyns Elementary School0.6 mi · 391
- Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School0.9 mi · 401
- Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School?
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School serve?
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School have?
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School?
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School in?
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.