📍 1100 W Acacia St, Alamo, Hidalgo County, 78516
Zeferino Farias el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alamo, Hidalgo County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leticia Rodriguez. It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Zeferino Farias el enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% Asian and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 558 | 99% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
543 of the school's 563 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 543 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Zeferino Farias el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 39.
Zeferino Farias el is one of 43 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, based in PHARR, Texas. The district serves 29,613 students district-wide and employs 2,069 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Zeferino Farias el is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large