📍 218 e Juarez, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Buell Central Daep is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 121 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luis Villarreal. It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Buell Central Daep enrolls 121 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 78% male and 22% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 120 | 99% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
121 of the school's 121 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 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.
Buell Central Daep 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.
Buell Central Daep 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 121 students, Buell Central Daep is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small