Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District is a public school district based in Pharr, Texas (USA) in the Rio Grande Valley.

The district serves Pharr, San Juan, and Alamo as well as a small portion of McAllen. PSJA ISD's total student enrollment for 2010 was 31,329 according to the Texas Education Agency's website. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. PSJA ISD's current superintendent is Dr. Daniel King.

On March 15, 1919 Common School District No. 4 in Hidalgo County became Pharr-San Juan Independent School District. Forty years later in 1959, Alamo merged with the district, establishing what is now known as the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, a district that caters to over 31,000 students in the tri-city area.

The district serves portions of the cities of Pharr, San Juan, Alamo, and McAllen, as well as the census-designated place (CDP) of North Alamo, and a portion of the Lopezville CDP.

In 2010 the district had 32,000 students, and in 2012 8,000 of them were attending senior high school.

As of 2012^[update] the student body at PSJA ISD was 99% Hispanic, and 41% of the students were classified as English as a second language students; with Spanish being the language spoken at home.

For the 2009-2010 school year the Texas Education Agency designated 11 PSJA campuses with an "Exemplary" status and 19 as "Recognized," and the district was also designated as a "Recognized" School District.

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