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What's one thing CARMEN ANAYA EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486011406
Carmen Anaya Elementary School
1000 W DICKER RD, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 784-8500 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
417 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 | 104 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
2%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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 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 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Carmen Anaya Elementary School
Carmen Anaya Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Anaya Elementary School this school | 429 | 97.2% | 51.3% |
| Russell Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 418 | 97.8% | 43.1% |
| Capistrano Elementary School EL PASO | 415 | 97.8% | 22.8% |
| Alvarez Elementary School MCALLEN | 435 | 96.8% | 43.9% |
| Grulla Elementary School GRULLA | 414 | 97.3% | 57.4% |
| D D Hachar Elementary School LAREDO | 443 | 96.4% | 67.6% |
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 Carmen Anaya Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,322 of 4,401 | #45 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #839 of 4,466 ▲ 644 | #21 of 183 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #977 of 4,466 ▲ 1,193 | #20 of 183 ▲ 65 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,889 of 3,998 | #86 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #3,240 of 4,938 | #133 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,618 of 4,622 | #117 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.3% | #4,450 of 4,628 | #102 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #260 of 4,789 | #24 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #1,717 of 2,838 | #88 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
429
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 97% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 24.9 | 17.1:1 | 96% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 96% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 96% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 29.8 | 16.7:1 | 96% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 94% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmen Anaya Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (497 to 429); teachers down 13% (29.8 to 26).
About Carmen Anaya Elementary School
Carmen Anaya Elementary School is a small elementary school in PHARR, Texas, administered by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. In all, 429 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Carmen Anaya Elementary School is one school in a 44-school district, PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which enrolls 29,749 students.
Of every 100 students at Carmen Anaya Elementary School, about 99 are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 2, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Carmen Anaya Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carmen Anaya Elementary School is about 97%. For comparison, public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Carmen Anaya Elementary School would score about 32.2%. It scores 51.3%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including Carmen Anaya Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Graciela Garcia Elementary School is closest at about 1.0 miles. Carmen Anaya Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.3% proficiency; Carmen Anaya Elementary School posts 51.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 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 PHARR
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Vanguard RembrandtCombined · 1,978 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Vanguard Van GoghCombined · 1,048 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
Nearby schools
- Graciela Garcia Elementary School1.0 mi · 385
- Jc Kelly Elementary School1.0 mi · 260
- Valley View North Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Jaime Escalante Middle School1.1 mi · 554
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School1.1 mi · 403
- IDEA Academy Pharr1.3 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Carmen Anaya Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carmen Anaya Elementary School?
Carmen Anaya Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carmen Anaya Elementary School serve?
Carmen Anaya Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Carmen Anaya Elementary School have?
Carmen Anaya Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Carmen Anaya Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carmen Anaya Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Carmen Anaya Elementary School in?
Carmen Anaya Elementary School is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
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