CARMEN ANAYA EL

CARMEN ANAYA EL, a small K-5 school in PHARR, Texas, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, teaches 429 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,749 students. CARMEN ANAYA EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CARMEN ANAYA EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

Looking at school resources, On paper, CARMEN ANAYA EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at CARMEN ANAYA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CARMEN ANAYA EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; CARMEN ANAYA EL posts 55.4%, +24.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. CARMEN ANAYA EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

GRACIELA GARCIA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARMEN ANAYA EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARMEN ANAYA EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARMEN ANAYA EL has decreased 14%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025.

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