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Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003909
John McKeever Elementary School
1310 W RIDGE, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 354-2680 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
646 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 | 132 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
3%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 McKeever Elementary School
John McKeever Elementary School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McKeever Elementary School this school | 699 | 92.4% | 42.5% |
| V M Adams Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 91.7% | 30.6% |
| IDEA Academy Pharr PHARR | 717 | 93.7% | 42.6% |
| Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 691 | 90.7% | 24.8% |
| IDEA Academy Mission MISSION | 664 | 93.4% | 44.9% |
| General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 712 | 94.2% | 63.0% |
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 McKeever Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,276 of 4,401 | #99 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,794 of 4,466 ▲ 248 | #85 of 183 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,308 of 4,466 ▲ 185 | #97 of 183 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #687 of 3,998 | #29 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #927 of 4,938 | #24 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,696 of 4,622 | #122 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.6% | #4,437 of 4,628 | #96 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #792 of 4,789 | #75 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #2,684 of 2,838 | #124 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
699
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 699 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 92% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 40.8 | 17.7:1 | 89% (643) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 88% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 87% (659) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 39.9 | 17.9:1 | 82% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 78% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 10% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John McKeever Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (715 to 699); teachers up 5% (39.9 to 42).
About John McKeever Elementary School
John McKeever Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in ALAMO, Texas. Federal data show 699 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 35% bigger than that mark.
John McKeever Elementary School belongs to PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, a district of 44 schools and 29,749 students.
Hispanic students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at John McKeever Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 42 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.2%.
The school is in Hidalgo County, where median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Hidalgo County's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include John McKeever Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, John McKeever Elementary School is closest to Psja Memorial Early College High School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, John McKeever Elementary School places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, John McKeever Elementary School had a net loss of 56 students, or 7%.
John McKeever Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 ALAMO
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vanguard MozartCombined · 1,236 students
- Audie Murphy Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- IDEA College Preparatory AlamoHigh · 737 students
- Augusto Guerra Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
- IDEA Academy AlamoElementary · 698 students
Nearby schools
- Psja Memorial Early College High School0.4 mi · 1,997
- Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy0.6 mi · 94
- Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr Middle School0.7 mi · 654
- Zeferino Farias Elementary School0.9 mi · 520
- Premier H S of San Juan1.0 mi · 108
- Texasworks - San Juan1.0 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About John McKeever Elementary SchoolHow large is John McKeever Elementary School?
John McKeever Elementary School enrolls approximately 699 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does John McKeever Elementary School serve?
John McKeever Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at John McKeever Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at John McKeever Elementary School.
How diverse is John McKeever Elementary School?
John McKeever Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees John McKeever Elementary School?
John McKeever Elementary School 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.