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The most racially diverse public high schools in Hidalgo County, Texas

56 public high schools in Hidalgo County, Texas appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. South Texas ISD Science Academy leads the list at 30.2%, against a median of 4.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Hidalgo County, Texas

Top Diversity index

30.2%

Median Diversity index

4.5%

MOST DIVERSE · HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	South Texas ISD Science Academy	MERCEDES, TX	840	30.2%	8.2%(69)	1.7%(14)	82.9%(696)	6.4%(54)
2	South Texas ISD Health Professions	MERCEDES, TX	781	26.2%	5.6%(44)	1.4%(11)	85.4%(667)	7.0%(55)
3	South Texas ISD World Scholars	EDINBURG, TX	403	25.8%	8.9%(36)	0.7%(3)	85.6%(345)	3.2%(13)
4	McAllen High School	MCALLEN, TX	2,134	14.9%	5.6%(119)	0.8%(16)	92.1%(1,965)	0.8%(16)
5	IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory	MCALLEN, TX	685	14.8%	5.7%(39)	0.9%(6)	92.1%(631)	1.2%(8)
6	Sharyland Pioneer High School	MISSION, TX	1,511	14.3%	6.6%(100)	0.4%(6)	92.3%(1,395)	0.7%(10)
7	Sharyland High School	MISSION, TX	1,527	12.3%	3.3%(50)	0.5%(8)	93.6%(1,429)	2.1%(32)
8	Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy	MISSION, TX	481	11.5%	3.7%(18)	0.8%(4)	94.0%(452)	0.4%(2)
9	Memorial High School	MCALLEN, TX	2,021	10.9%	3.3%(66)	0.5%(10)	94.3%(1,906)	1.5%(30)
10	IDEA Quest College Preparatory	EDINBURG, TX	667	10.4%	2.5%(17)	1.4%(9)	94.6%(631)	1.4%(9)
11	IDEA Edinburg College Preparatory	EDINBURG, TX	795	9.7%	3.5%(28)	0.8%(6)	95.0%(755)	0.6%(5)
12	IDEA Owassa College Preparatory	PHARR, TX	689	9.3%	2.8%(19)	0.3%(2)	95.2%(656)	1.4%(10)
13	Rowe High School	MC ALLEN, TX	1,905	9.2%	2.6%(50)	0.5%(9)	95.2%(1,814)	1.3%(24)
14	IDEA McAllen College Preparatory	MCALLEN, TX	820	9.2%	3.2%(26)	0.4%(3)	95.2%(781)	1.2%(10)
15	Edinburg Collegiate High School	EDINBURG, TX	466	7.9%	1.1%(5)	0.2%(1)	95.9%(447)	2.1%(10)
16	IDEA College Preparatory Alamo	ALAMO, TX	737	6.8%	3.3%(24)	0.0%(0)	96.5%(711)	0.1%(1)
17	IDEA Elsa College Preparatory	ELSA, TX	737	6.8%	3.3%(24)	0.1%(1)	96.5%(711)	0.1%(1)
18	IDEA College Prep Weslaco	WESLACO, TX	728	6.7%	2.8%(20)	0.4%(3)	96.6%(703)	0.3%(2)
19	IDEA College Preparatory Mission	MISSION, TX	798	6.6%	2.9%(23)	0.3%(2)	96.6%(771)	0.3%(2)
20	Robert R Vela High School	EDINBURG, TX	2,101	6.1%	1.5%(32)	0.3%(7)	96.9%(2,035)	1.2%(25)
21	IDEA College Prep	DONNA, TX	823	6.1%	2.9%(24)	0.1%(1)	96.8%(797)	0.0%(0)
22	Achieve Early College High School	MCALLEN, TX	428	6.0%	1.4%(6)	0.0%(0)	97.0%(415)	1.2%(5)
23	IDEA North Mission College Preparatory	MISSION, TX	756	5.4%	2.1%(16)	0.4%(3)	97.2%(735)	0.1%(1)
24	IDEA Toros College Preparatory	EDINBURG, TX	258	5.3%	2.3%(6)	0.0%(0)	97.3%(251)	0.4%(1)
25	IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory	WESLACO, TX	758	5.1%	2.2%(17)	0.3%(2)	97.4%(738)	0.1%(1)
26	Veterans Memorial High School	MISSION, TX	1,737	4.6%	2.0%(35)	0.2%(3)	97.6%(1,696)	0.1%(1)
27	Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions	SAN JUAN, TX	340	4.6%	0.9%(3)	0.3%(1)	97.7%(332)	1.2%(4)
28	Mercedes High School	MERCEDES, TX	903	4.6%	1.7%(15)	0.2%(2)	97.7%(882)	0.0%(0)
29	IDEA College Preparatory San Juan	SAN JUAN, TX	741	4.5%	1.6%(12)	0.1%(1)	97.7%(724)	0.5%(4)
30	Mission Collegiate High School	ALTON, TX	399	3.9%	1.8%(7)	0.0%(0)	98.0%(391)	0.3%(1)
31	Psja Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School	PHARR, TX	553	3.9%	1.4%(8)	0.2%(1)	98.0%(542)	0.4%(2)
32	Mercedes Early College Academy	MERCEDES, TX	355	3.9%	1.4%(5)	0.3%(1)	98.0%(348)	0.3%(1)
33	Psja Southwest Early College High School	PHARR, TX	1,588	3.5%	0.8%(13)	0.3%(5)	98.2%(1,560)	0.5%(8)
34	Weslaco High School	WESLACO, TX	2,699	3.4%	1.4%(39)	0.2%(5)	98.3%(2,652)	0.0%(1)
35	Edinburg High School	EDINBURG, TX	2,267	3.4%	1.1%(25)	0.3%(6)	98.3%(2,228)	0.1%(2)
36	Mission High School	MISSION, TX	2,154	3.4%	1.6%(34)	0.1%(1)	98.3%(2,117)	0.0%(0)
37	IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory	MCALLEN, TX	753	3.4%	1.6%(12)	0.0%(0)	98.3%(740)	0.1%(1)
38	Edinburg North High School	EDINBURG, TX	2,542	3.1%	1.1%(27)	0.3%(8)	98.4%(2,502)	0.2%(4)
39	Monte Alto High School	MONTE ALTO, TX	255	3.1%	1.2%(3)	0.0%(0)	98.4%(251)	0.0%(0)
40	Psja North Early College High School	PHARR, TX	2,166	2.6%	1.0%(21)	0.2%(4)	98.7%(2,138)	0.1%(3)
41	Progreso High School	PROGRESO, TX	431	1.8%	0.7%(3)	0.2%(1)	99.1%(427)	0.0%(0)
42	Jimmy Carter Early College High School	LA JOYA, TX	327	1.8%	0.3%(1)	0.0%(0)	99.1%(324)	0.6%(2)
43	Psja Early College High School	SAN JUAN, TX	2,300	1.7%	0.6%(14)	0.1%(3)	99.1%(2,280)	0.1%(3)
44	Weslaco East High School	WESLACO, TX	2,066	1.5%	0.5%(11)	0.2%(4)	99.2%(2,050)	0.0%(0)
45	Donna High School	DONNA, TX	1,992	1.4%	0.5%(10)	0.1%(1)	99.3%(1,978)	0.1%(1)
46	Psja Memorial Early College High School	ALAMO, TX	1,997	1.1%	0.3%(7)	0.1%(1)	99.5%(1,986)	0.1%(1)
47	Valley View High School	HIDALGO, TX	1,227	1.0%	0.4%(5)	0.0%(0)	99.5%(1,221)	0.1%(1)
48	IDEA College Preparatory Pharr	PHARR, TX	848	0.9%	0.3%(3)	0.1%(1)	99.5%(844)	0.0%(0)
49	La Joya High School	LA JOYA, TX	2,405	0.7%	0.2%(4)	0.0%(1)	99.7%(2,397)	0.0%(1)
50	La Joya Palmview High School	MISSION, TX	2,073	0.7%	0.2%(4)	0.1%(3)	99.7%(2,066)	0.0%(0)

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