LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S

LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S, a mid-tier four-year high school in LA FERIA, Texas, overseen by LA FERIA ISD, educates 901 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

LA FERIA ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,861 students. LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). Other groups include 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Cameron County shows median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

LA FERIA ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S. On composite proficiency, LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 963 (now 901).

In the discussion threads here, members of the LA FERIA EARLY COLLEGE H S community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.