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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486006998
Santos Livas Elementary School
733 N ALAMO RD, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 354-2840 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- 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
17.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
459 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 | 96 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
2%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 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 | 33.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 59.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Santos Livas Elementary School
Santos Livas Elementary School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Livas Elementary School this school | 515 | 89.1% | 42.0% |
| Lancaster Elementary School EL PASO | 517 | 89.6% | 48.3% |
| Alfonso Borrego Sr Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 510 | 88.4% | 33.9% |
| C Stainke Elementary School DONNA | 509 | 88.0% | 38.7% |
| Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School WESLACO | 503 | 88.3% | 39.7% |
| Pena Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 501 | 90.4% | 58.0% |
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 Santos Livas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,325 of 4,401 | #102 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,427 of 4,466 ▲ 1,556 | #61 of 183 ▲ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,561 of 4,466 ▲ 387 | #55 of 183 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,204 of 3,998 | #46 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #2,378 of 4,938 | #98 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,036 of 4,622 | #145 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #4,494 of 4,628 | #118 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #1,171 of 4,789 | #104 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #1,216 of 2,838 | #61 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
515
-47 (-8%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 515 | 29.6 | 17.4:1 | 89% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 31.8 | 16.1:1 | 89% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 90% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 89% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 36.7 | 17.4:1 | 88% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 94% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 8% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santos Livas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (640 to 515); teachers down 19% (36.7 to 29.6).
About Santos Livas Elementary School
In ALAMO, Texas, part of Hidalgo County, Santos Livas Elementary School is an elementary school. Its enrollment is 515 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD enrolls 29,749 students, and its 44 schools include Santos Livas Elementary School.
At Santos Livas Elementary School, 99% of students are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Santos Livas Elementary School scores 2%.
There are about 17.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Santos Livas Elementary School, which has 29.6. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 89%.
Santos Livas Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.6%.
In the surrounding county, Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including Santos Livas Elementary School.
About 0.6 miles separate Santos Livas Elementary School from the closest public school, Augusto Guerra Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Santos Livas Elementary School at 4th of 6.
Under the NCES locale system, Santos Livas Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 515, down from 562 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Santos Livas Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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 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
- John McKeever Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
Nearby schools
- Augusto Guerra Elementary School0.6 mi · 731
- Zeferino Farias Elementary School0.6 mi · 520
- Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr Middle School1.0 mi · 654
- Premier H S of San Juan1.2 mi · 108
- Texasworks - San Juan1.2 mi · 9
- Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy1.2 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Santos Livas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Santos Livas Elementary School?
Santos Livas Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
Is Santos Livas Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Santos Livas Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Santos Livas Elementary School have?
Santos Livas Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Santos Livas Elementary School?
Santos Livas Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Santos Livas Elementary School?
Santos Livas 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.