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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003922
Raul Longoria Elementary School
2500 N CYPRESS, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2820 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- A+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
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
537 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 | 120 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Raul Longoria Elementary School
Raul Longoria Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Longoria Elementary School this school | 568 | 94.5% | 39.7% |
| Bryss Academy BROWNSVILLE | 555 | 95.0% | 68.0% |
| Ortiz Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 564 | 94.3% | 68.5% |
| H B Zachry Elementary School LAREDO | 562 | 95.4% | 46.9% |
| A M Ochoa Elementary School DONNA | 580 | 93.6% | 34.3% |
| Kelly-Pharr Elementary School PHARR | 587 | 93.7% | 40.3% |
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 Raul Longoria Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #2,625 of 4,401 | #121 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,175 of 4,466 ▲ 306 | #43 of 183 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,285 of 4,466 ▲ 1,345 | #37 of 183 ▲ 83 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +39.0pp | #36 of 3,998 | #1 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,880 of 4,938 | #67 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,119 of 4,622 | #84 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #4,428 of 4,628 | #93 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #568 of 4,789 | #49 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #1,249 of 2,838 | #63 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
568
-77 (-12%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 95% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 35.9 | 16.2:1 | 94% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 31.8 | 17.6:1 | 94% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 94% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 38.8 | 18.1:1 | 94% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 91% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 8% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raul Longoria Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (702 to 568); teachers down 7% (38.8 to 36).
About Raul Longoria Elementary School
Raul Longoria Elementary School, located in PHARR, Texas, is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 568 students.
The 44 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD enroll 29,749 students altogether, Raul Longoria Elementary School among them.
At Raul Longoria Elementary School, 99% of students are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
Classroom staffing at Raul Longoria Elementary School totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Federal data show 95% of students (537) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Raul Longoria Elementary School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Raul Longoria Elementary School, the prediction is 33.3% and the result is 39.7%.
Looking at the county, Hidalgo County, median household income comes to about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county has 364 public schools and about 212,859 students.
Lyndon B Johnson Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Raul Longoria Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.9%; Raul Longoria Elementary School's is 39.7%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Raul Longoria Elementary School enrolled 645 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 568. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.0:1 to 15.8:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 PHARR
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Vanguard RembrandtCombined · 1,978 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Vanguard Van GoghCombined · 1,048 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
Nearby schools
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle School0.1 mi · 1,006
- Dr William Long Elementary School0.8 mi · 767
- Daniel Ramirez Elementary School0.9 mi · 516
- Psja Early Start0.9 mi · 527
- Allen & William Arnold Elementary School1.0 mi · 657
- Psja North Early College High School1.0 mi · 2,166
Frequently asked questions
About Raul Longoria Elementary SchoolHow large is Raul Longoria Elementary School?
Raul Longoria Elementary School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
Is Raul Longoria Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Raul Longoria Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Raul Longoria Elementary School have?
Raul Longoria Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Raul Longoria Elementary School?
Student demographics at Raul Longoria Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Raul Longoria Elementary School public or private?
Raul Longoria Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.