JOHN MCKEEVER EL

As a medium-sized primary school in ALAMO, Texas, JOHN MCKEEVER EL enrolls 699 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JOHN MCKEEVER EL sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 29,749 students; JOHN MCKEEVER EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, JOHN MCKEEVER EL lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN MCKEEVER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 JOHN MCKEEVER EL is one.

The closest other public school is PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN MCKEEVER EL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 715 students in 2018 compared to 699 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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