📍 901 S Athol, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Vanguard Picasso is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sonia Martinez. It is part of the Vanguard Academy school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Vanguard Picasso enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 559 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 563 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 444 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Vanguard Picasso is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 36.
Vanguard Picasso is one of 5 schools in VANGUARD ACADEMY, based in EDINBURG, Texas. The district serves 6,814 students district-wide and employs 392 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Vanguard Picasso is smaller than the district average of about 1,363 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small