1
Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993006039
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School
7905 N TAYLOR RD, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 580-5353 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
16.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
514 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School this school | 648 | 79.3% | 41.0% |
| Hurla M Midkiff Elementary School PALMHURST | 657 | 78.1% | 46.4% |
| De La Vina Elementary School EDINBURG | 641 | 78.6% | 49.4% |
| Rodolfo Rudy Silva Jr Elementary School WESLACO | 685 | 79.6% | 30.1% |
| IDEA Academy San Benito SAN BENITO | 685 | 80.3% | 50.1% |
| Escandon Elementary School EDINBURG | 605 | 78.7% | 54.5% |
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 Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,454 of 4,401 | #109 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,910 of 4,466 ▲ 289 | #146 of 183 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,565 of 4,466 ▼ 65 | #113 of 183 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,095 of 3,998 | #93 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #1,270 of 4,938 | #44 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,515 of 4,622 | #108 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #4,217 of 4,628 | #41 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #2,002 of 4,789 | #159 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #1,226 of 1,307 | #49 of 53 |
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
648
+75 (+13%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 648 | 39.7 | 16.3:1 | 79% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 40.1 | 15.6:1 | 80% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 37.1 | 15.8:1 | 82% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 85% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 36.3 | 17.6:1 | 83% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 80% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 78% (501) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 65% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (640 to 648); teachers up 9% (36.3 to 39.7).
About Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is an elementary school in MCALLEN, Texas, according to federal school records. Its enrollment is 648 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
The 13 schools in SHARYLAND ISD enroll 9,844 students altogether, Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School among them.
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School scores 7%.
Based on 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School has a ratio of 16.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%.
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Texas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is 1.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
The county, Hidalgo County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 364 public schools and about 212,859 students.
Of the public schools around it, Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is closest to Jessie L Jensen Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School at 8th of 9.
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.
The school's student count increased 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school 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 SHARYLAND ISD
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Sharyland North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- B L Gray Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- John H Shary Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Donna Wernecke Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Jessie L Jensen Elementary School0.9 mi · 615
- Michael E Fossum Middle School1.3 mi · 791
- Sharyland Pioneer High School1.4 mi · 1,511
- Donna Wernecke Elementary School1.5 mi · 631
- Sharyland North Junior High School1.5 mi · 791
- Blanca E Sanchez1.6 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Olivero Garza Sr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School?
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-06.
Is Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School public or private?
Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD.
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