OLIVERO GARZA SR EL

Set in MCALLEN, Texas, OLIVERO GARZA SR EL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, part of SHARYLAND ISD. It hosts 648 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

OLIVERO GARZA SR EL is one of 13 schools operated by SHARYLAND ISD, a district that enrolls 9,844 students overall.

On the student-mix side, OLIVERO GARZA SR EL shows that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 2% White.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OLIVERO GARZA SR EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at OLIVERO GARZA SR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OLIVERO GARZA SR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. OLIVERO GARZA SR EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

JESSIE L JENSEN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OLIVERO GARZA SR EL. On composite proficiency, OLIVERO GARZA SR EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. OLIVERO GARZA SR EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 648). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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