Berta S Palacios Elementary School
Public elementary school in Pharr, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Berta S Palacios Elementary School serves 470 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Pharr (Hidalgo County). It is one of 43 schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. By enrollment it is the 2808th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.2 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 31 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 | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483486012660 |
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 | 470 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 99.6% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 57% 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.
Berta S Palacios Elementary School in context
Size
Berta S Palacios Elementary School is the 19th largest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 27 elementary schools; its 470 students are 1.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 394; Berta S Palacios 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 pre-K with 106 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 54, against an average of 67 per grade. This year grade 5 has 15% more students than kindergarten (62 against 54). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 106 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 99.1% here and 98.8% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
99.6% 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 31 full-time-equivalent teachers for 470 students, Berta S Palacios Elementary School has 15.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 470 students would have about 31.8 teachers, so Berta S Palacios Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Berta S Palacios Elementary School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other elementary school is Cesar Chavez Elementary School, 0.3 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 77 other elementary schools, 22 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 | 99.1% |
| White | 0.6% |
| Black | 0.2% |
48.9% of students are girls and 51.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 106 |
| Kindergarten | 54 |
| Grade 1 | 59 |
| Grade 2 | 59 |
| Grade 3 | 57 |
| Grade 4 | 73 |
| Grade 5 | 62 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
801 E Thomas Dr., Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2000
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Berta S Palacios Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.3 mi | 403 | 13.4 | 98.3% |
| Jc Kelly Elementary School | Hidalgo ISD | 1.1 mi | 260 | 12.9 | 86.2% |
| IDEA Academy Pharr | IDEA Public Schools | 1.2 mi | 717 | 22.8 | 93.7% |
| Hidalgo Park Elementary School | Hidalgo ISD | 1.4 mi | 239 | 12.8 | 88.7% |
| Carmen Anaya Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.4 mi | 429 | 16.5 | 97.2% |
| Graciela Garcia Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.5 mi | 385 | 14.3 | 97.9% |
| Valley View North Elementary School | Valley View ISD | 2.1 mi | 372 | 15 | 99.7% |
| Valley View Elementary School | Valley View ISD | 2.6 mi | 446 | 16.7 | 87.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.