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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003925
ZEFERINO FARIAS EL
1100 W ACACIA ST, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 354-2760 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
505 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
520
-89 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.8:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
98%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ZEFERINO FARIAS EL
As a reasonably sized elementary campus in ALAMO, Texas, ZEFERINO FARIAS EL educates 520 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,749 students. ZEFERINO FARIAS EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, ZEFERINO FARIAS EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ZEFERINO FARIAS EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ZEFERINO FARIAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of +0.9 points.
Around the school, Hidalgo County reports that median household income runs about $54,338, 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), ZEFERINO FARIAS EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ZEFERINO FARIAS EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Five-year trend. ZEFERINO FARIAS EL's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 520).
Inside the community feed, members of the ZEFERINO FARIAS EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. 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 H SHigh · 2,300 students
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in ALAMO
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- VANGUARD MOZARTCombined · 1,236 students
- AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLEMiddle · 790 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY ALAMOHigh · 737 students
- AUGUSTO GUERRA ELElementary · 731 students
- JOHN MCKEEVER ELElementary · 699 students
Nearby schools
- JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE0.6 mi · 654
- SANTOS LIVAS EL0.6 mi · 515
- PSJA ALAMO BUILDING BLOCKS ACADEMY0.7 mi · 94
- PREMIER H S OF SAN JUAN0.8 mi · 108
- TEXASWORKS - SAN JUAN0.8 mi · 9
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S0.9 mi · 1,997
Frequently asked questions
About ZEFERINO FARIAS ELHow large is ZEFERINO FARIAS EL?
ZEFERINO FARIAS EL enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ZEFERINO FARIAS EL serve?
ZEFERINO FARIAS EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ZEFERINO FARIAS EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ZEFERINO FARIAS EL is approximately 16.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ZEFERINO FARIAS EL?
Student demographics at ZEFERINO FARIAS EL are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is ZEFERINO FARIAS EL in?
ZEFERINO FARIAS EL is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.