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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the ACHIEVE EARLY COLLEGE H S administration to hear?
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Enrollment
428
High
DISTRICT 942 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967011859
Achieve Early College High School
1601 N 27TH ST, MCALLEN, TX 78501 · (956) 971-4200 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
292 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 106 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 27% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
90.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
80.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 60.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 50.0% | 15.0% | 5.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 90.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 83.0% |
| 2021-22 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2020-21 | 84.0% | 72.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 41 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Achieve Early College High School
Achieve Early College High School's state test result (85.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achieve Early College High School this school | 428 | 68.2% | 85.4% |
| Edinburg Collegiate High School EDINBURG | 466 | 68.7% | 91.8% |
| Travis Early College High School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 68.4% | 72.8% |
| Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy MISSION | 481 | 66.1% | 81.8% |
| Mission Early College High School EL PASO | 410 | 65.9% | 76.4% |
| Eastwood Academy HOUSTON | 365 | 71.5% | 78.2% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Achieve Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #42 of 1,385 | #3 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #57 of 1,425 ▲ 56 | #3 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #71 of 1,425 ▲ 35 | #2 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #79 of 1,184 | #9 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #988 of 2,107 | #49 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #399 of 1,344 | #13 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.0% | #1,258 of 1,346 | #22 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #625 of 1,522 | #56 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #192 of 557 | #7 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
428
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 428 | 33.1 | 12.9:1 | 68% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 45 | 9.1:1 | 69% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 41.3 | 10.0:1 | 69% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 71% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 23.3 | 21.1:1 | 73% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 76% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 14 | 20.9:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Achieve Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (491 to 428); teachers up 43% (23.3 to 33.1).
About Achieve Early College High School
Achieve Early College High School is a low-enrollment high school based in MCALLEN, Texas. It has an enrollment of 428 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 46% below that mark.
Achieve Early College High School is part of MCALLEN ISD, where 31 schools serve 19,890 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Achieve Early College High School is Hispanic, at 97%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Achieve Early College High School scores 6%.
Achieve Early College High School lists 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. About 68% of students at Achieve Early College High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Achieve Early College High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Texas public high schools.
In Texas, Achieve Early College High School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 85.4% compared with a predicted 44.5%.
For Hidalgo County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $54,338 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hidalgo County number 364, with about 212,859 students.
Of the public schools around it, Achieve Early College High School is closest to Seguin Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Achieve Early College High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.0% on proficiency, and Achieve Early College High School is above that at 85.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 428, from 444 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 15.3:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Achieve Early College High School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCALLEN ISD
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Rowe High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Seguin Elementary School0.5 mi · 530
- Alvarez Elementary School0.5 mi · 435
- McAllen High School0.8 mi · 2,134
- Rowe High School0.9 mi · 1,905
- McAuliffe Elementary School1.0 mi · 385
- Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen1.0 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Achieve Early College High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Achieve Early College High School?
Achieve Early College High School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Achieve Early College High School serve?
Achieve Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Achieve Early College High School have?
Achieve Early College High School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Achieve Early College High School?
Student demographics at Achieve Early College High School are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Achieve Early College High School public or private?
Achieve Early College High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.