VANGUARD VAN GOGH

VANGUARD VAN GOGH is a big all-grades campus in PHARR, Texas, part of VANGUARD ACADEMY. The school educates 1,048 students in grades pre-K through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 485.

VANGUARD VAN GOGH is one of 6 schools operated by VANGUARD ACADEMY, a district that hosts 6,814 students overall.

Looking at the student body, VANGUARD VAN GOGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).

On the resource side, On paper, VANGUARD VAN GOGH has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, VANGUARD VAN GOGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 VAN GOGH is one campus in the mix.

GERALDINE PALMER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VANGUARD VAN GOGH comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The school occupies an urban site. VANGUARD VAN GOGH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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