VANGUARD REMBRANDT

VANGUARD REMBRANDT is a K-12 campus of sprawling scale in PHARR, Texas, one of the schools within VANGUARD ACADEMY, works with 1,978 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 308% bigger than typical.

Across the 6 schools in VANGUARD ACADEMY (6,814 students total), VANGUARD REMBRANDT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, VANGUARD REMBRANDT shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VANGUARD REMBRANDT sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.5%; actual is 51.9%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), VANGUARD REMBRANDT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ELVIS J BALLEW H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VANGUARD REMBRANDT ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. VANGUARD REMBRANDT is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 40%: 1,409 students in 2018 compared to 1,978 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for VANGUARD REMBRANDT typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.