Santos Livas Elementary School
Public elementary school in Alamo, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Santos Livas Elementary School serves 515 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Alamo (Hidalgo County). It is one of 43 schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. By enrollment it is the 2372nd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 17.4 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 ÷ 29.6 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 | 483486006998 |
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 | 515 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 17.4 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 89.1% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 88% 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.
Santos Livas Elementary School in context
Size
Santos Livas Elementary School is the 17th largest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 27 elementary schools; its 515 students are 1.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 539; Santos Livas 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 96 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 56, against an average of 74 per grade. This year grade 5 has 59% more students than kindergarten (89 against 56). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 96 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 99.2% here and 98.8% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
89.1% 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 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers for 515 students, Santos Livas Elementary School has 17.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 515 students would have about 34.8 teachers, so Santos Livas Elementary School has 5.2 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Santos Livas 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 Augusto Guerra Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 111 other elementary schools, 35 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 | 99.2% |
| White | 0.8% |
51.8% of students are girls and 48.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 96 |
| Kindergarten | 56 |
| Grade 1 | 63 |
| Grade 2 | 66 |
| Grade 3 | 83 |
| Grade 4 | 62 |
| Grade 5 | 89 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
733 N Alamo Rd, Alamo, TX 78516
Phone: (956)354-2840
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Santos Livas Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusto Guerra Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.6 mi | 731 | 17.6 | 96.7% |
| Zeferino Farias Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.6 mi | 520 | 16.2 | 97.1% |
| Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.2 mi | 94 | 17.7 | 87.2% |
| Vida N Clover Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.3 mi | 378 | 14.8 | 94.7% |
| IDEA Academy Alamo | IDEA Public Schools | 1.3 mi | 698 | 21.9 | 98.1% |
| Capt D Salinas II Elementary School | Donna ISD | 1.5 mi | 457 | 13.7 | 86% |
| John McKeever Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.5 mi | 699 | 16.6 | 92.4% |
| Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 557 | 16.4 | 93% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.