Vanguard Picasso
Public elementary school (charter) in Pharr, Texas · Vanguard Academy · Grades Pre-K–5
Vanguard Picasso serves 572 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Pharr (Hidalgo County). It is one of 6 schools in Vanguard Academy. By enrollment it is the 1840th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.7 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 ÷ 36.45 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Vanguard Academy |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480019512828 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Vanguard Academy | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 572 | 6,814 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.7 | 16.7 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91.4% | 87% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 67% 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.
Vanguard Picasso in context
Size
Vanguard Picasso is the largest of Vanguard Academy's 2 elementary schools; its 572 students are 8.4% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 615; Vanguard Picasso is close to their typical size.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 97 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 69, against an average of 82 per grade. This year grade 5 has 24% fewer students than kindergarten (69 against 91). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 97 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 97.7% here and 98.5% across Vanguard Academy. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
91.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 87% across Vanguard Academy 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 36.45 full-time-equivalent teachers for 572 students, Vanguard Picasso has 15.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 572 students would have about 38.6 teachers, so Vanguard Picasso has 2.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Vanguard Picasso is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other elementary school is Kelly-Pharr Elementary School, 0.3 miles away in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. Within 10 miles there are 113 other elementary schools, 42 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 | 97.7% |
| White | 1.9% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
| Black | 0.2% |
50.5% of students are girls and 49.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 97 |
| Kindergarten | 91 |
| Grade 1 | 73 |
| Grade 2 | 80 |
| Grade 3 | 86 |
| Grade 4 | 76 |
| Grade 5 | 69 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
901 S Athol, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)702-0134
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Vanguard Picasso. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly-Pharr Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.3 mi | 587 | 15.9 | 93.7% |
| Aida C Escobar Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.9 mi | 735 | 17.3 | 90.5% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.4 mi | 643 | 15.9 | 98.1% |
| Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.5 mi | 167 | 15.7 | 84.4% |
| Geraldine Palmer Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 657 | 17.3 | 88.6% |
| Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.6 mi | 686 | 17.2 | 84.5% |
| Daniel Ramirez Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 2.1 mi | 516 | 15.6 | 95% |
| Raul Longoria Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 2.1 mi | 568 | 15.8 | 94.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Vanguard Academy
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Beethoven | Other | Pre-K–12 | 1,782 |
| Vanguard Monet | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 198 |
| Vanguard Mozart | Other | Pre-K–12 | 1,236 |
| Vanguard Rembrandt | Other | Pre-K–12 | 1,978 |
| Vanguard Van Gogh | Other | Pre-K–9 | 1,048 |