Alfred Sorensen Elementary School
Public elementary school in San Juan, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School serves 583 students in grades Pre-K–5 in San Juan (Hidalgo County). It is one of 43 schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. By enrollment it is the 1736th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.7 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 34.88 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483486003923 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 583 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16.7 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 84.6% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 81% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School in context
Size
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School is the 11th largest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 27 elementary schools; its 583 students are 2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 518; Alfred Sorensen Elementary School is close to their typical size.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 4 with 128 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 58, against an average of 83 per grade. This year grade 5 has 59% more students than kindergarten (92 against 58). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 87 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.5% here and 98.8% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
84.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 94% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 34.88 full-time-equivalent teachers for 583 students, Alfred Sorensen Elementary School has 16.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 583 students would have about 39.4 teachers, so Alfred Sorensen Elementary School has 4.5 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Vida N Clover Elementary School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 106 other elementary schools, 32 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.5% |
| White | 1.2% |
| Black | 0.3% |
49.4% of students are girls and 50.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 87 |
| Kindergarten | 58 |
| Grade 1 | 64 |
| Grade 2 | 67 |
| Grade 3 | 87 |
| Grade 4 | 128 |
| Grade 5 | 92 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
701 E Sam Houston, San Juan, TX 78589
Phone: (956)354-2910
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Alfred Sorensen Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vida N Clover Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.7 mi | 378 | 14.8 | 94.7% |
| Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.7 mi | 94 | 17.7 | 87.2% |
| Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.8 mi | 686 | 17.2 | 84.5% |
| John McKeever Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.2 mi | 699 | 16.6 | 92.4% |
| Zeferino Farias Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.4 mi | 520 | 16.2 | 97.1% |
| John Doedyns Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 391 | 13.7 | 93.9% |
| Santos Livas Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.8 mi | 515 | 17.4 | 89.1% |
| Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.9 mi | 557 | 16.4 | 93% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.