Dr. William Long Elementary School
Public elementary school in Pharr, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Dr. William Long Elementary School serves 767 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 561st largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 18.1 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 ÷ 42.44 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 | 483486009299 |
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 | 767 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 18.1 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 96.3% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 92% 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.
Dr. William Long Elementary School in context
Size
Dr. William Long Elementary School is the largest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 27 elementary schools; its 767 students are 2.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 583; Dr. William Long Elementary School is larger than most of them.
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 127 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 94, against an average of 110 per grade. This year grade 5 has 19% more students than kindergarten (119 against 100). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 125 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.3% here and 98.8% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
96.3% 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 42.44 full-time-equivalent teachers for 767 students, Dr. William Long Elementary School has 18.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 767 students would have about 51.8 teachers, so Dr. William Long Elementary School has 9.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Dr. William Long Elementary School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other elementary school is Raul Longoria Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 117 other elementary schools, 47 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 | 98.3% |
| White | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.8% |
51.1% of students are girls and 48.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 125 |
| Kindergarten | 100 |
| Grade 1 | 99 |
| Grade 2 | 94 |
| Grade 3 | 103 |
| Grade 4 | 127 |
| Grade 5 | 119 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3700 N Raiders Dr., Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2750
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Dr. William Long Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Longoria Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.8 mi | 568 | 15.8 | 94.5% |
| Allen & William Arnold Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.0 mi | 657 | 16.8 | 91.3% |
| Arnoldo Cantu Sr. Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.3 mi | 598 | 17 | 91.5% |
| IDEA Owassa Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.4 mi | 699 | 21.1 | 82% |
| Daniel Ramirez Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.5 mi | 516 | 15.6 | 95% |
| Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 509 | 15.1 | 98.2% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.7 mi | 643 | 15.9 | 98.1% |
| Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.7 mi | 167 | 15.7 | 84.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.