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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 Elementary School
1401 N RAUL LONGORIA RD, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2740 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+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.
- AThree-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
2%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +43.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 43 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 John Doedyns Elementary School
John Doedyns Elementary School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Doedyns Elementary School this school | 391 | 93.9% | 40.2% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School ELSA | 383 | 93.7% | 22.1% |
| Taylor Elementary School MERCEDES | 406 | 93.6% | 32.8% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School MERCEDES | 399 | 95.0% | 22.1% |
| Vida N Clover Elementary School SAN JUAN | 378 | 94.7% | 36.5% |
| Lee Elementary School EDINBURG | 414 | 94.0% | 34.1% |
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 John Doedyns Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,559 of 4,401 | #117 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,425 of 4,466 ▲ 1,194 | #59 of 183 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,434 of 4,466 ▲ 199 | #107 of 183 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #408 of 3,998 | #11 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,559 of 4,938 | #149 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,261 of 4,622 | #18 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #4,496 of 4,628 | #120 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #648 of 4,789 | #57 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.5% | #96 of 2,838 | #2 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
391
-181 (-32%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 391 | 28.6 | 13.7:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 93% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 93% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 92% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 38.3 | 18.7:1 | 91% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 39 | 18.8:1 | 89% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 7% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 26 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Doedyns Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (717 to 391); teachers down 25% (38.3 to 28.6).
About John Doedyns Elementary School
John Doedyns Elementary School is an elementary school in SAN JUAN, Texas, reachable at (956) 354-2740. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 391 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 25% lower.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools with a combined 29,749 students. John Doedyns Elementary School is one of them.
About 99% of the student body at John Doedyns Elementary School is Hispanic. John Doedyns Elementary School's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
John Doedyns Elementary School operates with 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.7:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 94% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 9 points.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, John Doedyns Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, John Doedyns Elementary School would score about 33.6%. It scores 40.2%, 6.6 points above that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that the median household income is $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. John Doedyns Elementary School is one of 364 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles from John Doedyns Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, John Doedyns Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
John Doedyns Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 391, a 32% decrease from 572 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.9 to 13.7 over 4 years.
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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 SAN JUAN
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San JuanHigh · 741 students
- R Yzaguirre Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- IDEA Academy San JuanElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School0.6 mi · 557
- R Yzaguirre Middle School0.7 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 Elementary School1.1 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About John Doedyns Elementary SchoolHow large is John Doedyns Elementary School?
John Doedyns Elementary School enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John Doedyns Elementary School serve?
John Doedyns Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Doedyns Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Doedyns Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at John Doedyns Elementary School?
Student demographics at John Doedyns Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees John Doedyns Elementary School?
John Doedyns Elementary School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
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