DRS REED - MOCK EL

DRS REED - MOCK EL, a mid-tier elementary school in SAN JUAN, Texas, run under PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, teaches 509 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which oversees 44 schools and 29,749 students, DRS REED - MOCK EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DRS REED - MOCK EL reports that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at DRS REED - MOCK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DRS REED - MOCK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 44.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), DRS REED - MOCK EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ARNOLDO CANTU SR EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DRS REED - MOCK EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 614 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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