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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486009300
Vida N Clover Elementary School
800 E CARROL ST, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2730 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
358 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 | 51 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 9.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Vida N Clover Elementary School
Vida N Clover Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vida N Clover Elementary School this school | 378 | 94.7% | 36.5% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School ELSA | 383 | 93.7% | 22.1% |
| John Doedyns Elementary School SAN JUAN | 391 | 93.9% | 40.2% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School MERCEDES | 399 | 95.0% | 22.1% |
| Sanchez Elementary School HOUSTON | 378 | 95.5% | 38.1% |
| Evangelina Garza Elementary School MISSION | 384 | 96.6% | 27.3% |
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 Vida N Clover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,999 of 4,401 | #139 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,248 of 4,466 ▲ 1,635 | #51 of 183 ▲ 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,192 of 4,466 ▲ 204 | #88 of 183 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.5pp | #216 of 3,998 | #4 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,678 of 4,938 | #156 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,306 of 4,622 | #49 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #4,527 of 4,628 | #134 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #553 of 4,789 | #48 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #284 of 2,838 | #10 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
378
-85 (-18%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 378 | 25.5 | 14.8:1 | 95% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 95% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 27.9 | 15.3:1 | 93% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 96% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 35.2 | 16.7:1 | 91% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 91% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vida N Clover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (587 to 378); teachers down 28% (35.2 to 25.5).
About Vida N Clover Elementary School
Vida N Clover Elementary School is an elementary school in SAN JUAN, Texas, according to federal school records. The school counts 378 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD is responsible for 44 schools, Vida N Clover Elementary School included, with 29,749 students in all.
The large majority of students at Vida N Clover Elementary School, 99%, are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Vida N Clover Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
The count of teachers at Vida N Clover Elementary School is 25.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. The school counts 358 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 95%. Public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
allk12 grades Vida N Clover Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.3%.
Census estimates describe Hidalgo County this way: median household income is about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, with a combined enrollment of about 212,859.
Texasworks - San Juan is the public school closest to Vida N Clover Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Vida N Clover Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Vida N Clover Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 463 to 378 over 4 years.
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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
- Texasworks - San Juan0.4 mi · 9
- Premier H S of San Juan0.4 mi · 108
- Austin Middle School0.6 mi · 833
- Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr Middle School0.6 mi · 654
- Alfred Sorensen Elementary School0.7 mi · 583
- Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy0.8 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Vida N Clover Elementary SchoolHow large is Vida N Clover Elementary School?
Vida N Clover Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Vida N Clover Elementary School serve?
Vida N Clover Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vida N Clover Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vida N Clover Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vida N Clover Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vida N Clover Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Vida N Clover Elementary School in?
Vida N Clover 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.