GERALDINE PALMER EL

GERALDINE PALMER EL is one of the moderately sized primary schools in PHARR, Texas, part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, with 657 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 44 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (29,749 students total), GERALDINE PALMER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, GERALDINE PALMER EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school lists 2% White.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GERALDINE PALMER EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GERALDINE PALMER EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at GERALDINE PALMER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GERALDINE PALMER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of +9.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which GERALDINE PALMER EL is one.

The closest other public school is KENNEDY MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GERALDINE PALMER EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GERALDINE PALMER EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GERALDINE PALMER EL has remained close to its prior level, going from 673 students in 2018 to 657 in 2025.

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