📍 601 e Kelly, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Psja Early Start is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 514 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yvette Mancillas. It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Psja Early Start enrolls 514 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 506 | 98% |
| White | 8 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
513 of the school's 514 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 513 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.
Psja Early Start is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Psja Early Start 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 514 students, Psja Early Start is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Setting: City - Small