NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in San Juan, TX

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15 public K-12 schools in San Juan from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
9,778
Students
34.2/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, San Juan has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. San Juan's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

11 of San Juan's 15 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

88.8% of enrollment in reporting San Juan schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 3 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 43-point gap between Psja Early College H S and Idea Academy San Juan shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
23rd percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Psja Early College H S accounts for 23.5% of all San Juan public-school enrollment

That concentration means San Juan-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Juan school enrollment varies 21× across entities

San Juan school enrollment ranges from 108 students (lowest) to 2,300 students (highest), a spread of 2,192 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Juan reports 88.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Juan student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within San Juan is typically wider than the San Juan-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of San Juan's 15 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Psja Early College H S 57
2. Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions 53
3. John Doedyns El 41
4. Austin Middle 40
5. Alfred Sorensen El 40
6. R Yzaguirre Middle 39
7. Vida N Clover El 35
8. Sgt Leonel Trevino El 33
9. Drs Reed - Mock El 30
10. Arnoldo Cantu Sr El 29
11. Premier H S of San Juan 29
12. Edith & Ethel Carman El 28
13. Amanda Garza-Pena El 26
14. Idea College Preparatory San Juan 19
15. Idea Academy San Juan 14

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Which San Juan school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Psja Early College H S has the highest Resource Investment Index among the San Juan schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in San Juan, TX? ▼

San Juan has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,778 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.