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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LOS FRESNOS H S administration to hear?
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Enrollment
3,285
High
DISTRICT 1,646 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS FRESNOS CISD·NCES 482829003163
Los Fresnos High School
907 N ARROYO, LOS FRESNOS, TX 78566 · (956) 254-5300 · Cameron County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,285 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.8:1
208 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
2,546 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 776 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 819 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 829 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 861 | 26% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within LOS FRESNOS CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +43.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 43 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 51.0% | 16.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 20 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 Los Fresnos High School
Los Fresnos High School's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Fresnos High School this school | 3,285 | 77.5% | 61.1% |
| Harlingen High School HARLINGEN | 2,433 | 77.8% | 39.6% |
| Weslaco High School WESLACO | 2,699 | 73.8% | 50.6% |
| Edinburg North High School EDINBURG | 2,542 | 80.8% | 47.6% |
| United South High School LAREDO | 3,252 | 82.3% | 59.0% |
| Odessa High School ODESSA | 3,814 | 81.9% | 28.4% |
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 Los Fresnos High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #454 of 1,385 | #8 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #181 of 1,425 ▲ 110 | #4 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #484 of 1,425 ▲ 127 | #8 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +31.0pp | #129 of 1,184 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,285 | #52 of 2,107 | #1 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #875 of 1,344 | #20 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #1,252 of 1,346 | #12 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #438 of 1,522 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +96.8% | #27 of 672 | #2 of 10 |
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
3,285
+37 (+1%) vs 2020
+171% since 1990-91, when it was 1,211
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 3,285 | 207.6 | 15.8:1 | 78% (2,546) |
| 2023-24 | 3,291 | 203 | 16.2:1 | 80% (2,645) |
| 2022-23 | 3,272 | 206 | 15.9:1 | 82% (2,684) |
| 2020-21 | 3,248 | 203 | 16.0:1 | 81% (2,629) |
| 2017-18 | 1,669 | 106.6 | 15.7:1 | 78% (1,302) |
| 2015-16 | 2,319 | 138 | 16.8:1 | 81% (1,867) |
| 2010-11 | 1,936 | 133 | 14.6:1 | 16% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 1,832 | 132 | 13.9:1 | 68% (1,254) |
| 1990-91 | 1,211 | 11 | 110.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Fresnos High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 97% (1,669 to 3,285); teachers up 95% (106.6 to 207.6).
About Los Fresnos High School
This page covers Los Fresnos High School, a high-enrollment high school in LOS FRESNOS, Texas. Enrollment stands at 3,285 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 313% bigger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
Los Fresnos High School sits within LOS FRESNOS CISD, which has 14 schools and 10,357 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Los Fresnos High School is Hispanic, at 97%. The school is also 3% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Los Fresnos High School scores 6%.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 207.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 78%.
Among Texas public high schools, Los Fresnos High School outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places Los Fresnos High School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.5 points above it (61.1% actual, 40.6% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Cameron County, median household income comes to about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county has 187 public schools and about 97,392 students.
Los Fresnos High School's closest public school neighbor is Lopez-Riggins Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Los Fresnos High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Los Fresnos High School's average proficiency of 61.1% compares with 56.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 3,248 in 2020-21, 3,285 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD
- Resaca Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Rancho Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Dora Romero Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Los Fresnos Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Lopez-Riggins Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Driscoll Express Learning CenterElementary · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Lopez-Riggins Elementary School0.8 mi · 467
- Los Fresnos Elementary School1.8 mi · 549
- Los Cuates Middle School1.9 mi · 825
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary School2.3 mi · 582
- Liberty Memorial Middle School3.3 mi · 673
- Laureles Elementary School3.5 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Los Fresnos High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Los Fresnos High School?
Los Fresnos High School enrolls approximately 3,285 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Los Fresnos High School serve?
Los Fresnos High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Los Fresnos High School have?
Los Fresnos High School employs 208 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Los Fresnos High School?
Los Fresnos High School reports a student body of 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Los Fresnos High School in?
Los Fresnos High School is part of LOS FRESNOS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.