LA JOYA H S

LA JOYA H S is a four-year high school of expansive scale in LA JOYA, Texas, operated by LA JOYA ISD, teacheing 2,405 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 202% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

LA JOYA ISD runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 22,942 students. LA JOYA H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, LA JOYA H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LA JOYA H S has 164 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 93% of students at LA JOYA H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LA JOYA H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. LA JOYA H S is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

The closest other public school is THELMA ROSA SALINAS STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LA JOYA H S at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LA JOYA H S has shrank 16%, going from 2,855 students in 2018 to 2,405 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for LA JOYA H S typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.