📍 1000 e Davis, Alvarado, Johnson County, 76009
Alvarado El-south is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alvarado, Johnson County. The school has 366 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jalynn Burnes. It is part of the Alvarado Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Alvarado El-south enrolls 366 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 41% White and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 187 | 51% |
| White | 149 | 41% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 366 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 232 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alvarado El-south is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-60, state senate district 22, state house district 58.
Alvarado El-south is one of 7 schools in ALVARADO ISD, based in ALVARADO, Texas. The district serves 3,788 students district-wide and employs 260 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 366 students, Alvarado El-south is smaller than the district average of about 541 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe