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Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 29,043 students

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A90

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.5 average of the 85 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.7. It is up 1 point since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 91.

Ranks 129th of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 36 others), and 5th of 37 in Region 01: Edinburg (tied with 3 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. How this district's change over time is ranked
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this district serves
  7. Spending per student
  8. Teachers
  9. Where this district ranks best
  10. 44 schools in this district
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

Compare against
90807060 Districts like this oneTexas averagePharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD 8986858790 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 91 that year.

Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSimilarState
2025-26A9077.581.7
2024-25B8774.180.3
2023-24B8572.878.7
2022-23B8672.979.2
2021-22B8976.780.6

How this district's change over time is ranked

TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.

Texas districts

Region 01: Edinburg

Hidalgo County

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement84 B+10.5 vs similar · +4.2 vs region
  • School Progress90 A+11.4 vs similar · +4.8 vs region
  • Closing the Gaps90 A+15.2 vs similar · +8.4 vs region
  • Academic Growth83 B+13.0 vs similar · +8.0 vs region
  • Relative Performance90 A+11.7 vs similar · +5.2 vs region
  • Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
  • Similar student population (85)
  • Region 01: Edinburg (37)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement84B6
School Progress90A
Closing the Gaps90A
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance90A

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this district that better measure is School Progress (90), so Student Achievement (84) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%+10 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level53%+14 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level24%+11 vs Similar student population

Reading

  • Approaches grade level76%+8 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level55%+12 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level23%+9 vs Similar student population

Math

  • Approaches grade level76%+12 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level52%+18 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level25%+13 vs Similar student population

Science

  • Approaches grade level82%+11 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level55%+15 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level27%+12 vs Similar student population

Social Studies

  • Approaches grade level75%+6 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level46%+8 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level21%+6 vs Similar student population
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar student population (85)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (85 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
98.1%+5.1 pts vs similar
Five-Year
98.8%+4.4 pts vs similar
Six-Year
98.9%+4.4 pts vs similar
Dropout Rate
0.1%−1.1 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

CCMR criteria
CriterionThis districtsimilarGap
Total credit for CCMR criteria88.0%84.1%+3.9
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course46.1%47.8%−1.7
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA29.4%20.6%+8.8
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)16.7%7.6%+9.1
Earned college credit for a dual credit course55.4%31.7%+23.7
Earned an industry-based certification32.7%40.5%−7.8
Earned a level I or level II certificate6.2%3.3%+2.9
Earned an associate degree22.5%5.8%+16.7
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.5%2.9%−2.4
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness1.9%2.2%−0.3
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student7.1%9.5%−2.4
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.5%3.1%−1.6

Who this district serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
29,043
Economically disadvantaged
94.4%+4.6 pts vs similar
English learners
40.5%+13.1 pts vs similar
Special education
13.9%−3.6 pts vs similar
Attendance
96.0%+3.2 pts vs similar
Chronically absent
13.6%−10.3 pts vs similar

Student demographics

African American: 0.2%Hispanic: 98.7%White: 0.9%Asian: 0.1%
  • African American 0.2%
  • Hispanic 98.7%
  • White 0.9%
  • Asian 0.1%

Spending per student

Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.

$11k$16k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
  • TEA peer group
  • Texas average

Spends $840 less per student than its peer group, and $1,429 less than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary
$69,164+$3,659 vs similar
Teachers
2,119
Students per staff member
13.7

Teaching experience

Beginning: 0.9%1 to 5 years: 16.3%6 to 10 years: 21.3%11 to 20 years: 37.8%21 to 30 years: 19.6%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 0.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 16.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 37.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.6%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Where this district ranks best

Out of 164 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

  • 1of 37

    Earned an associate degree

    Region 01: Edinburg · of the 37 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Closing the Gaps

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 15

    Academic Growth

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Earned college credit for a dual credit course

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Earned a level I or level II certificate

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Earned an associate degree

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Attendance

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 1of 15

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Hidalgo County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 2of 85

    Math — Masters

    Similar student population · of the 85 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 2of 83

    Earned an associate degree

    Similar student population · of the 83 that report this measure

  • 2of 37

    Earned college credit for a dual credit course

    Region 01: Edinburg · of the 37 that report this measure

  • 2of 37

    Earned a level I or level II certificate

    Region 01: Edinburg · of the 37 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.

44 schools in this district

Schools in this district
SchoolTypeRatingScoreStudents
PSJA Collegiate School of Health ProfessionsHigh SchoolA99366
PSJA Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College HSHigh SchoolA98501
Cesar Chavez ElemElementaryA97408
Graciela Garcia ElemElementaryA93384
PSJA Sotomayor Building Blocks AcademyElementaryA93188
PSJA Alamo Building Blocks AcademyElementaryA93148
PSJA Early College HSHigh SchoolA922,257
Aida C Escobar ElemElementaryA92718
Carmen Anaya ElemElementaryA92390
PSJA Early StartElementaryA92459
Buckner Building Blocks AcademyElementaryA9270
Audie Murphy MSMiddle / Jr. HighA91803
Zeferino Farias ElemElementaryA91485
Raul Longoria ElemElementaryA91567
Amanda Garza-Pena ElemElementaryA91535
Augusto Guerra ElemElementaryA91717
Marcia R GarzaElementaryA91524
Berta S Palacios ElemElementaryA91465
PSJA Memorial Early College HSHigh SchoolA901,928
PSJA North Early College HSHigh SchoolA902,237
Lyndon B Johnson MSMiddle / Jr. HighA901,043
Liberty MSMiddle / Jr. HighA90708
Kennedy MSMiddle / Jr. HighA90539
Alfred Sorensen ElemElementaryA90557
Santos Livas ElemElementaryA90465
Drs Reed - Mock ElemElementaryA90486
Allen & William Arnold ElemElementaryA90691
Austin MSMiddle / Jr. HighB89817
Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr MSMiddle / Jr. HighB89650
Jaime Escalante MSMiddle / Jr. HighB89518
John Doedyns ElemElementaryB89387
Geraldine Palmer ElemElementaryB89646
Vida N Clover ElemElementaryB89374
R Yzaguirre MSMiddle / Jr. HighB88735
Henry Ford ElemElementaryB88586
Arnoldo Cantu Sr ElemElementaryB88570
Kelly-Pharr ElemElementaryB87516
Edith & Ethel Carman ElemElementaryB87729
PSJA Southwest Early College HSHigh SchoolB861,459
John McKeever ElemElementaryB86655
Dr William Long ElemElementaryB84780
Daniel Ramirez ElemElementaryB81452
Sgt Leonel Trevino ElemElementaryB80393
PSJA James Bowie DAEPK-12Not Rated137

Where this comes from

Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.

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