Raul Longoria Elementary School
Public elementary school in Pharr, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Raul Longoria Elementary School serves 568 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 1877th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.8 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 ÷ 36 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 | 483486003922 |
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 | 568 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.8 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94.5% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 68% 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.
Raul Longoria Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 27 elementary schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, Raul Longoria Elementary School is the 12th largest, with 1.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1 miles away and have a median of 557 students, so Raul Longoria 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 120 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 66, against an average of 81 per grade. This year grade 5 has 20% fewer students than kindergarten (67 against 84). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 120 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%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
94.5% 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
Raul Longoria Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 568 students would have about 38.4 teachers, so Raul Longoria Elementary School has 2.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
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 Dr. William Long Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. There are 41 elementary schools within 5 miles and 121 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 | 0.9% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
47.5% of students are girls and 52.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 120 |
| Kindergarten | 84 |
| Grade 1 | 66 |
| Grade 2 | 82 |
| Grade 3 | 73 |
| Grade 4 | 76 |
| Grade 5 | 67 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2500 N Cypress, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2820
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Raul Longoria Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. William Long Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.8 mi | 767 | 18.1 | 96.3% |
| Daniel Ramirez Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.9 mi | 516 | 15.6 | 95% |
| Allen & William Arnold Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.0 mi | 657 | 16.8 | 91.3% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.0 mi | 643 | 15.9 | 98.1% |
| Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.1 mi | 167 | 15.7 | 84.4% |
| John Doedyns Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 391 | 13.7 | 93.9% |
| Arnoldo Cantu Sr. Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.8 mi | 598 | 17 | 91.5% |
| Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 2.0 mi | 509 | 15.1 | 98.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.