📍 500 e Fm 495, San Juan, Hidalgo County, 78589
Amanda Garza-pena el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Juan, Hidalgo County. The school has 595 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Judith Canales. 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 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Amanda Garza-pena el enrolls 595 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 591 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
561 of the school's 595 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 561 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.
Amanda Garza-pena 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.
Amanda Garza-pena 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 595 students, Amanda Garza-pena el is close to the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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