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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the DANIEL RAMIREZ EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486005795
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School
1920 N HIBISCUS, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2880 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
490 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 | 108 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
3%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
Schools most like Daniel Ramirez Elementary School
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ramirez Elementary School this school | 516 | 95.0% | 34.8% |
| Psja Early Start PHARR | 527 | 95.3% | N/A |
| Del Castillo - Morningside Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 526 | 95.8% | 40.6% |
| Hargill Elementary School HARGILL | 520 | 94.0% | 36.8% |
| Emiliano Zapata Elementary School MISSION | 511 | 95.3% | 32.2% |
| North Loop Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 94.8% | 45.6% |
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 Daniel Ramirez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,183 of 4,401 | #149 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,445 of 4,466 ▲ 951 | #125 of 183 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,309 of 4,466 ▲ 1,036 | #98 of 183 ▲ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,273 of 3,998 | #53 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #2,371 of 4,938 | #97 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,955 of 4,622 | #74 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #4,433 of 4,628 | #95 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #515 of 4,789 | #47 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #2,314 of 2,838 | #110 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
516
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 516 | 33.2 | 15.6:1 | 95% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 32.4 | 14.9:1 | 96% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 96% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 94% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 33.1 | 16.8:1 | 93% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 94% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 11% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Ramirez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (555 to 516); teachers unchanged (33.1 to 33.2).
About Daniel Ramirez Elementary School
Federal records list Daniel Ramirez Elementary School as an elementary school in PHARR, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 516 students.
The district, PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, has 29,749 students enrolled across 44 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Daniel Ramirez Elementary School is Hispanic, at 99%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Daniel Ramirez Elementary School scores 3%.
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School has 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. At Daniel Ramirez Elementary School, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
On BeatsExpectations, Daniel Ramirez Elementary School is 1.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income comes to 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%. Hidalgo County counts 364 public schools with about 212,859 students.
Allen & William Arnold Elementary School is the nearest public school to Daniel Ramirez Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Daniel Ramirez Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Daniel Ramirez Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 516, from 486 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Daniel Ramirez Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Allen & William Arnold Elementary School0.8 mi · 657
- Raul Longoria Elementary School0.9 mi · 568
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle School1.0 mi · 1,006
- Psja Early Start1.3 mi · 527
- Buell Central DAEP1.3 mi · 117
- Dr William Long Elementary School1.5 mi · 767
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Ramirez Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel Ramirez Elementary School?
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Daniel Ramirez Elementary School serve?
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Daniel Ramirez Elementary School have?
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Daniel Ramirez Elementary School?
At Daniel Ramirez Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Daniel Ramirez Elementary School in?
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
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