Daniel Ramirez Elementary School
Public elementary school in Pharr, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School serves 516 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 2356th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.6 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 ÷ 33.17 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 | 483486005795 |
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 | 516 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.6 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 95% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 65% 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.
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 27 elementary schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, Daniel Ramirez Elementary School is the 16th largest, with 1.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.6 miles away and have a median of 608 students, so Daniel Ramirez 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 108 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 57, against an average of 74 per grade. This year grade 5 has 37% more students than kindergarten (78 against 57). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 108 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 98.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (98.8%).
95% of students qualify 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
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School has 33.17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 516 students would have about 34.9 teachers, so Daniel Ramirez Elementary School has 1.7 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Allen & William Arnold Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. There are 43 elementary schools within 5 miles and 128 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.6% |
| White | 1.4% |
47.3% of students are girls and 52.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 108 |
| Kindergarten | 57 |
| Grade 1 | 71 |
| Grade 2 | 65 |
| Grade 3 | 66 |
| Grade 4 | 71 |
| Grade 5 | 78 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1920 N Hibiscus, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2880
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Daniel Ramirez Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen & William Arnold Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.8 mi | 657 | 16.8 | 91.3% |
| Raul Longoria Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.9 mi | 568 | 15.8 | 94.5% |
| Dr. William Long Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.5 mi | 767 | 18.1 | 96.3% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 643 | 15.9 | 98.1% |
| Aida C Escobar Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.7 mi | 735 | 17.3 | 90.5% |
| Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.7 mi | 167 | 15.7 | 84.4% |
| Jackson Elementary School | McAllen ISD | 2.1 mi | 548 | 13.9 | 92% |
| Vanguard Picasso | Vanguard Academy | 2.1 mi | 572 | 15.7 | 91.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.