LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD)

LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) is a minimally staffed secondary school in EDINBURG, Texas, overseen by LONE STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 159 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

LONE STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 756 students; LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) is among them.

Looking at the student body, LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Black, 9% White. By comparison, Hidalgo County as a whole is about 92% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) records that median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VILLARREAL EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD)'s enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 159). Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 47% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.