The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Math. The lowest is 19% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Sgt Leonel Trevino El
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary serves the early grades in San Juan, part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District. The school is located on East El Dora Road in the 78589 ZIP code, a residential area where the city is expanding with new subdivisions and family-oriented development. The school enrolls a small population across pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, with more than nine-tenths of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, and the vast majority of school-age children in the attendance area live in households below the federal poverty line.
Academic performance at Trevino Elementary is below the midpoint among Hidalgo County's other schools. Across tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency rate places it in the bottom quartile of the county. In math, proficiency rates vary considerably by grade: third grade STAAR results administered in Spanish show lower achievement, while fourth grade shows a modest improvement, and fifth grade performance dips again. In English language arts, proficiency is also limited across the grades tested, with particularly low results in fourth grade Spanish-administered assessment. Fifth grade science proficiency is also low. The school does report that roughly a third of students achieve the "meets" level or higher across all subjects when averaged together, with about three-fifths reaching the "approaches" level. These figures suggest most students are acquiring foundational understanding but face barriers to grade-level mastery.
The test administration itself reflects the school's composition. Students in third grade and several in the upper elementary grades take STAAR in Spanish, indicating this is a population with strong home language Spanish use. Mixed English and Spanish testing across the cohort is typical of schools serving emerging bilinguals. The school does not report data on English learner status separately in the available information, though the language of assessment and demographics suggest a population with varying English development. A parent may want to look directly with the school into how the bilingual or English learner program is structured and how the school approaches the transition to English academic literacy.
The school sits in San Juan, a city undergoing growth with new family-oriented residential subdivisions, parks, and community anchors including the San Juan Public Library and neighborhood gathering spaces. Housing values in the area are significantly below state and national benchmarks, making it an economically accessible neighborhood. The broader Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD has recently redesignated all its high schools as early college campuses, letting students earn college credit at no cost to families starting in ninth grade. While this does not directly affect an elementary school, it signals the district's academic pathway toward college access and cost reduction for families over time.
The district faced a referendum loss in November 2025 when voters declined two bond propositions for facility upgrades including HVAC replacements, roofing repairs, and performing arts renovation. This means aging facilities remain without scheduled modernization, a practical consideration for families in assessing the building environment.
Trevino Elementary's academic profile reflects a school serving a high-poverty, emerging bilingual population with significant gaps in proficiency. The school is part of a district with college-focused ambitions for its high schools, but the elementary school's present performance indicates foundational challenges in reading and math that a parent should understand clearly and discuss in detail with school staff about supports, curriculum, and instructional approaches.
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