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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486009302
Graciela Garcia Elementary School
1002 W JUAN BALLI, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2790 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
377 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 | 75 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
1%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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +48.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 48 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Graciela Garcia Elementary School
Graciela Garcia Elementary School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graciela Garcia Elementary School this school | 385 | 97.9% | 53.5% |
| Ray H Darr Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 383 | 98.2% | 46.8% |
| Gallegos Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 390 | 98.2% | 48.8% |
| De Zavala Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 388 | 97.9% | 22.0% |
| El Jardin Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 389 | 97.4% | 44.0% |
| Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School SAN JUAN | 401 | 98.0% | 41.3% |
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 Graciela Garcia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,162 of 4,401 | #37 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #716 of 4,466 ▲ 685 | #15 of 183 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #976 of 4,466 ▲ 656 | #19 of 183 ▲ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,411 of 3,998 | #58 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,614 of 4,938 | #152 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,800 of 4,622 | #35 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #4,528 of 4,628 | #135 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #194 of 4,789 | #18 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,029 of 2,838 | #49 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
385
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-52% since 2010-11, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 385 | 26.9 | 14.3:1 | 98% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 27.5 | 13.4:1 | 98% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 93% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 97% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 31.2 | 15.8:1 | 96% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 93% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graciela Garcia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (493 to 385); teachers down 14% (31.2 to 26.9).
About Graciela Garcia Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Graciela Garcia Elementary School serves students in PHARR, Texas. It educates 385 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD counts 44 schools and 29,749 students, including Graciela Garcia Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up 99% of enrollment at Graciela Garcia Elementary School. Graciela Garcia Elementary School's diversity index is 1%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.3 students per teacher. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 98% of students. That is 13 points above the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
The allk12 Grade for Graciela Garcia Elementary School is A. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Graciela Garcia Elementary School are 21.7 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.5%, compared with a predicted 31.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in Texas.
In the county around the school, Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Nearest public school: Jaime Escalante Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Graciela Garcia Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Graciela Garcia Elementary School had 409 students, to 2024-25, when it had 385.
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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
- Jaime Escalante Middle School1.0 mi · 554
- Carmen Anaya Elementary School1.0 mi · 429
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School1.2 mi · 403
- Berta S Palacios Elementary School1.5 mi · 470
- Psja Southwest Early College High School1.6 mi · 1,588
- Jc Kelly Elementary School1.8 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Graciela Garcia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Graciela Garcia Elementary School?
Graciela Garcia Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Graciela Garcia Elementary School serve?
Graciela Garcia Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graciela Garcia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graciela Garcia Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Graciela Garcia Elementary School?
Student demographics at Graciela Garcia Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Graciela Garcia Elementary School in?
Graciela Garcia Elementary School is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.