Elementary · Texas

Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy

Free meals for all

Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy, a public elementary school in Pharr, Texas: grades pre-k–1, 167 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 167
Teachers (FTE): 10.6
Students per teacher: 15.7
Grades: Pre-K–1; Elementary

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared

More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared

Smaller than 91% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–1
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.

Location

Address: 1200 E Polk Ave, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2000
City or town: Pharr
County: Hidalgo County

Website Quality of life in Pharr Schools in Pharr

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Henry Ford ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	643	15.9	0.2 mi
John Doedyns ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	391	13.7	1.0 mi
Raul Longoria ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	568	15.8	1.1 mi
Kelly-Pharr ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	587	15.9	1.3 mi
Vanguard PicassoCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	572	15.7	1.5 mi
Amanda Garza-Pena ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	557	16.4	1.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 483486012587