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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SGT LEONEL TREVINO EL this year?
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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486011397
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School
901 E EL DORA RD, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2900 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- CThree-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
15.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
393 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 | 92 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
1%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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School this school | 401 | 98.0% | 41.3% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School PHARR | 403 | 98.3% | 53.5% |
| Gallegos Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 390 | 98.2% | 48.8% |
| El Jardin Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 389 | 97.4% | 44.0% |
| Capistrano Elementary School EL PASO | 415 | 97.8% | 22.8% |
| De Zavala Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 388 | 97.9% | 22.0% |
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 Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,434 of 4,401 | #108 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,649 of 4,466 ▲ 434 | #131 of 183 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,792 of 4,466 ▲ 654 | #126 of 183 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,046 of 3,998 | #49 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #3,474 of 4,938 | #143 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,847 of 4,622 | #72 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #4,500 of 4,628 | #123 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #184 of 4,789 | #17 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #948 of 2,838 | #46 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
401
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 98% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 26.8 | 13.8:1 | 97% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 27.1 | 15.9:1 | 96% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 97% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 30.9 | 16.8:1 | 90% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 93% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (520 to 401); teachers down 16% (30.9 to 26).
About Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is a public elementary school in SAN JUAN, Texas. Federal data show 401 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is a school in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. The district has 44 schools and 29,749 students.
By race and ethnicity, Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is 99% Hispanic. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is 9.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.3% actual, 31.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the 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 Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School.
IDEA College Preparatory San Juan, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School enrolled 444 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 401. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.4:1.
The discussion board for Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 SAN JUAN
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San JuanHigh · 741 students
- R Yzaguirre Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- IDEA Academy San JuanElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA College Preparatory San Juan0.5 mi · 741
- IDEA Academy San Juan0.5 mi · 617
- Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School0.5 mi · 509
- Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elementary School0.8 mi · 598
- R Yzaguirre Middle School0.9 mi · 736
- Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School0.9 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School?
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School serve?
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School?
At Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School in?
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.