Zeferino Farias Elementary School
Public elementary school in Alamo, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Zeferino Farias Elementary School serves 520 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 2333rd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.2 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 ÷ 32.05 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 | 483486003925 |
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 | 520 | 29,613 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 97.1% | 94% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 74% 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.
Zeferino Farias Elementary School in context
Size
Zeferino Farias Elementary School is the 15th largest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 27 elementary schools; its 520 students are 1.8% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 549; Zeferino Farias 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 56, against an average of 74 per grade. This year grade 5 has 34% more students than kindergarten (83 against 62). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.5% here and 98.8% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
97.1% 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 32.05 full-time-equivalent teachers for 520 students, Zeferino Farias Elementary School has 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 520 students would have about 35.1 teachers, so Zeferino Farias Elementary School has 3.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Zeferino Farias 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 Santos Livas Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 107 other elementary schools, 36 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 | 98.5% |
| Asian | 1% |
| White | 0.6% |
52.5% of students are girls and 47.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 120 |
| Kindergarten | 62 |
| Grade 1 | 56 |
| Grade 2 | 56 |
| Grade 3 | 68 |
| Grade 4 | 75 |
| Grade 5 | 83 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1100 W Acacia St, Alamo, TX 78516
Phone: (956)354-2760
Website: psjaisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Zeferino Farias Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Livas Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.6 mi | 515 | 17.4 | 89.1% |
| Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.7 mi | 94 | 17.7 | 87.2% |
| John McKeever Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 0.9 mi | 699 | 16.6 | 92.4% |
| Vida N Clover Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.1 mi | 378 | 14.8 | 94.7% |
| Augusto Guerra Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.2 mi | 731 | 17.6 | 96.7% |
| Capt D Salinas II Elementary School | Donna ISD | 1.3 mi | 457 | 13.7 | 86% |
| Alfred Sorensen Elementary School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.4 mi | 583 | 16.7 | 84.6% |
| IDEA Academy Alamo | IDEA Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 698 | 21.9 | 98.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.