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Alumni: what's one memory from DR WILLIAM LONG EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486009299
Dr William Long Elementary School
3700 N RAIDERS DR, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2750 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
739 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 | 125 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 9.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Dr William Long Elementary School
Dr William Long Elementary School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr William Long Elementary School this school | 767 | 96.3% | 44.5% |
| Augusto Guerra Elementary School ALAMO | 731 | 96.7% | 47.8% |
| John W Arndt Elementary School LAREDO | 766 | 94.5% | 45.9% |
| IDEA Academy DONNA | 744 | 97.3% | 36.1% |
| Scarborough Elementary School HOUSTON | 790 | 94.4% | 39.6% |
| Champion Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 710 | 94.8% | 47.3% |
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 Dr William Long Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #2,022 of 4,401 | #84 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,207 of 4,466 ▲ 415 | #113 of 183 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,079 of 4,466 ▼ 236 | #85 of 183 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,574 of 3,998 | #120 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #564 of 4,938 | #10 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #4,234 of 4,622 | #154 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #4,398 of 4,628 | #82 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #345 of 4,789 | #32 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #1,616 of 2,838 | #82 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
767
-67 (-8%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 975
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 767 | 42.4 | 18.1:1 | 96% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 43.8 | 18.2:1 | 96% (762) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 44.7 | 17.7:1 | 83% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 80% (669) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 49.4 | 18.2:1 | 96% (864) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 48 | 19.2:1 | 72% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 975 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr William Long Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (900 to 767); teachers down 14% (49.4 to 42.4).
About Dr William Long Elementary School
Dr William Long Elementary School is an elementary school in PHARR, Texas, and it is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 767 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 48% higher.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD is responsible for 44 schools, Dr William Long Elementary School included, with 29,749 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Dr William Long Elementary School, about 98 are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Dr William Long Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 96%. On average, public schools in Hidalgo County report 85%.
Dr William Long Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.5% and a predicted 32.5%.
The county, Hidalgo County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 364 public schools and about 212,859 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Dr William Long Elementary School from the closest public school, Psja North Early College High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.0% on proficiency, and Dr William Long Elementary School is below that at 44.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know Dr William Long Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 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
- Psja North Early College High School0.3 mi · 2,166
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle School0.7 mi · 1,006
- Raul Longoria Elementary School0.8 mi · 568
- Allen & William Arnold Elementary School1.0 mi · 657
- Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elementary School1.3 mi · 598
- IDEA Owassa Academy1.4 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Dr William Long Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr William Long Elementary School?
Dr William Long Elementary School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dr William Long Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr William Long Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dr William Long Elementary School have?
Dr William Long Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Dr William Long Elementary School?
Dr William Long Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Dr William Long Elementary School?
Dr William Long Elementary School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
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