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Vanguard Picasso, Pharr, TX

Charter schoolCEP schoolVanguard Picasso is a public elementary school in Pharr, part of Vanguard Academy. It enrolled 572 students in 2024-25, with 15.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "VANGUARD PICASSO".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
572
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
15.9
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 lower than the district figure of 16.8. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.9
District16.8
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
901 S Athol, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone
(956)702-0134
District
Vanguard Academy
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
480019512828
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
517
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
52391.4% 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 Vanguard Academy

Elementary schools elsewhere in Pharr

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.