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Pharr, Texas - 43 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd #143 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,594 per pupil, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd ranks #319 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
30,003
Total Enrollment
43
Schools
$14,594
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd operates 43 public schools serving 30,003 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 28 combined, 8 middle, 7 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hidalgo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,594 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 16.0% local, 54.7% state, and 29.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 72/100, ranked #143 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 6 of 43 schools offering Advanced Placement (55 AP courses district-wide), a 419.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Geraldine Palmer El, with a diversity index of 6.2/100.
Its largest campus is Psja Early College H S, enrolling 2,300 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Psja Sonia M Sotomayor H S, at 47 students, a 49x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school enrollment varies 49× across entities
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 2,300 students (highest), a spread of 2,253 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 93.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd student-counselor ratio is 420:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 39.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.