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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JOHN DOEDYNS EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003914
JOHN DOEDYNS EL
1401 N RAUL LONGORIA RD, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2740 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
367 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
391
-326 (-45%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 18.7:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOHN DOEDYNS EL
JOHN DOEDYNS EL, a close-knit primary school in SAN JUAN, Texas, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, teaches 391 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JOHN DOEDYNS EL sits 25% below that benchmark.
Across the 44 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (29,749 students total), JOHN DOEDYNS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, JOHN DOEDYNS EL records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
On the resource side, JOHN DOEDYNS EL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN DOEDYNS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of +5.7 points.
In the area at large, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. JOHN DOEDYNS EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).
AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN DOEDYNS EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.5%.
JOHN DOEDYNS EL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. JOHN DOEDYNS EL's enrollment has shrank 45% since 2018, when it stood at 717 (now 391). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 2,300 students
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in SAN JUAN
- PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,300 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN JUANHigh · 741 students
- R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLEMiddle · 736 students
- EDITH & ETHEL CARMAN ELElementary · 686 students
- IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUANElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- AMANDA GARZA-PENA EL0.6 mi · 557
- R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLE0.7 mi · 736
- IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUAN0.9 mi · 617
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN JUAN0.9 mi · 741
- PSJA SOTOMAYOR BUILDING BLOCKS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 167
- HENRY FORD EL1.1 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN DOEDYNS ELHow large is JOHN DOEDYNS EL?
JOHN DOEDYNS EL enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JOHN DOEDYNS EL serve?
JOHN DOEDYNS EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN DOEDYNS EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN DOEDYNS EL is approximately 13.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JOHN DOEDYNS EL?
Student demographics at JOHN DOEDYNS EL are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees JOHN DOEDYNS EL?
JOHN DOEDYNS EL is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.