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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Alvarez Elementary, McAllen, TX

CEP schoolAlvarez Elementary is a public elementary school in McAllen, part of McAllen ISD. It enrolled 435 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ALVAREZ EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
435
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.3 higher than the district figure of 13.8. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District13.8
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
2606 Gumwood Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
Phone
(956)971-4471
District
McAllen ISD
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
482967003326
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
421
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
42196.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in McAllen ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in McAllen

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.