Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJAISD)

Pharr, Texas · Hidalgo County · Grades Pre-K–12

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD runs 43 schools (27 elementary, 8 middle, 7 high, 1 pre-k) with 29,613 students. By enrollment it is the 50th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, small.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	43
Students	29,613
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,060.7
Students per teacher	14.4 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	94% (state 61.6%)
County	Hidalgo County
Area type	City, small
NCES district ID	4834860

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Aida C Escobar Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	735	17.3	90.5%
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	583	16.7	84.6%
Allen & William Arnold Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	657	16.8	91.3%
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	557	16.4	93%
Arnoldo Cantu Sr. Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	598	17	91.5%
Audie Murphy Middle School	Middle	6–8	790	12.7	97.2%
Augusto Guerra Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	731	17.6	96.7%
Austin Middle School	Middle	6–8	833	12.1	90.3%
Berta S Palacios Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	470	15.2	99.6%
Buell Central DAEP	High	6–12	117	7.3	99.1%
Carmen Anaya Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	429	16.5	97.2%
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	403	13.4	98.3%
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	516	15.6	95%
Dr. William Long Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	767	18.1	96.3%
Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	509	15.1	98.2%
Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	686	17.2	84.5%
Geraldine Palmer Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	657	17.3	88.6%
Graciela Garcia Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	385	14.3	97.9%
Henry Ford Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	643	15.9	98.1%
Jaime Escalante Middle School	Middle	6–8	554	11	98.2%
Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr. Middle School	Middle	6–8	654	11.5	96%
John Doedyns Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	391	13.7	93.9%
John McKeever Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	699	16.6	92.4%
Kelly-Pharr Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	587	15.9	93.7%
Kennedy Middle School	Middle	6–8	519	10.5	96.7%
Liberty Middle School	Middle	6–8	742	11.8	93.9%
Lyndon B Johnson Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,006	14.2	87.9%
Marcia R Garza	Elementary	Pre-K–5	545	15.8	99.3%
Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–K	94	17.7	87.2%
Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions	High	9–12	340	8.5	98.8%
Psja Early College High School	High	9–12	2,300	13.3	93.7%
Psja Early Start	Pre-K	Pre-K	527	19.6	95.3%
Psja Memorial Early College High School	High	9–12	1,997	15.1	96.8%
Psja North Early College High School	High	9–12	2,166	14.6	92.6%
Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–1	167	15.7	84.4%
Psja Southwest Early College High School	High	9–12	1,588	12.5	95.1%
Psja Thomas Jefferson T-Stem Early College High School	High	9–12	553	13.8	95.5%
R Yzaguirre Middle School	Middle	6–8	736	12.1	95.1%
Raul Longoria Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	568	15.8	94.5%
Santos Livas Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	515	17.4	89.1%
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	401	15.4	98%
Vida N Clover Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	378	14.8	94.7%
Zeferino Farias Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	520	16.2	97.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD in context

Size

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD enrolls 0.5% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is Psja Early College High School with 2,300 students, and the smallest is Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy with 94; the average is 689, against 626 statewide.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Grade 12 is its largest grade, with 2,324 students this year. Grade 12 has 2,324 students and kindergarten has 1,784, 30% more in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD enrolls 3,434 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD at 98.8%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students.

94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 84.4% at Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy to 99.6% at Berta S Palacios Elementary School. All 43 of its schools serve free breakfast and lunch to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3, with no application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 2,060.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 14.4 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 98.4 counselors it has 301 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports 37.8 librarians or media specialists and 11 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

NCES classifies Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's area as city, small: inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest district is Vanguard Academy, 2.2 miles away with 6,814 students. 23 districts are within 25 miles, and 1 of them enrolls more students than Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. Hidalgo County has 24 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	1,899.1	16
School counselors	98.4	301
Librarians and media specialists	37.8	783
School psychologists	11	2,692
Instructional aides	478.1	62
Other student support staff	156.7	189
School administrators	212.2	140
District administrators	51.7	573
All staff	4,668

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	98.8%
White	0.9%
Asian	0.1%
Black	0.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	3,434
Kindergarten	1,784
Grade 1	1,721
Grade 2	1,817
Grade 3	1,882
Grade 4	2,077
Grade 5	2,003
Grade 6	1,905
Grade 7	1,932
Grade 8	2,027
Grade 9	2,133
Grade 10	2,303
Grade 11	2,271
Grade 12	2,324

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Vanguard Academy	2 mi	6,814	16.7	–
McAllen ISD	6 mi	19,890	13.9	Starts Aug 17
Donna ISD	6 mi	12,937	14.4	–
Valley View ISD	7 mi	3,444	15.6	–
Hidalgo ISD	7 mi	2,918	12.8	–
Sharyland ISD	8 mi	9,844	15.8	–
Edinburg CISD	9 mi	33,343	14.7	–
Weslaco ISD	11 mi	16,300	19.2	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Hidalgo County

IDEA Public Schools (79,430 students)
Edinburg CISD (33,343 students)
La Joya ISD (22,942 students)
McAllen ISD (19,890 students)
Weslaco ISD (16,300 students)
Mission CISD (13,765 students)
Donna ISD (12,937 students)
Sharyland ISD (9,844 students)
Premier High Schools (7,948 students)
Vanguard Academy (6,814 students)
South Texas ISD (4,639 students)
Edcouch-Elsa ISD (4,349 students)
Mercedes ISD (4,207 students)
Valley View ISD (3,444 students)
Hidalgo ISD (2,918 students)
Progreso ISD (1,339 students)
Horizon Montessori Public Schools (1,164 students)
Monte Alto ISD (819 students)
La Villa ISD (512 students)
Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley (457 students)
Texas Works (446 students)
Brillante Academy (354 students)
Excellence in Leadership Academy (183 students)

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

601 E Kelly, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2000
Website: psjaisd.us

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.