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Enrollment
399
High
DISTRICT 1,430 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104012901
Mission Collegiate High School
605 S LOS EBANOS RD, ALTON, TX 78573 · (956) 323-6120 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 89% of Texas public high schools
- ATest 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.
- CThree-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
12.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
366 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 98 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 22% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +55.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 55 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 61.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 36.0% | 38.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 3.0% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 40 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 Mission Collegiate High School
Mission Collegiate High School's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Collegiate High School this school | 399 | 91.7% | 74.8% |
| Premont Collegiate High School PREMONT | 387 | 91.0% | 35.0% |
| IDEA Sports Park College Preparatory BROWNSVILLE | 457 | 92.6% | 44.1% |
| Hector J Garcia Early College High School LAREDO | 392 | 89.8% | 91.1% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville BROWNSVILLE | 498 | 90.8% | 50.2% |
| Presidio High School PRESIDIO | 418 | 94.0% | 46.1% |
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 Mission Collegiate High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #154 of 1,385 | #8 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #349 of 1,425 ▼ 35 | #12 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #99 of 1,425 ▼ 2 | #5 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #868 of 1,184 | #30 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,025 of 2,107 | #51 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #321 of 1,344 | #6 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #1,280 of 1,346 | #30 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #147 of 1,522 | #31 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #306 of 557 | #19 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
399
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 399 | 32.5 | 12.3:1 | 92% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 31.7 | 13.3:1 | 81% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 30.5 | 14.4:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 84% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 30.3 | 14.3:1 | 89% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 96% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Collegiate High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (433 to 399); teachers up 7% (30.3 to 32.5).
About Mission Collegiate High School
ALTON, Texas, is home to Mission Collegiate High School, a small high school. Total enrollment is 399 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Texas have about 796 students on average; enrollment here is 50% lower.
MISSION CISD includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 13,765 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Mission Collegiate High School is Hispanic, at 98%. The diversity index for Mission Collegiate High School is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Mission Collegiate High School has a ratio of 12.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 92%.
Mission Collegiate High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Texas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mission Collegiate High School is in the top 10% of Texas schools: 74.8% actual against 34.5% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income comes to about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county's public schools total 364, with about 212,859 students.
Mission Collegiate High School's closest public school neighbor is Raquel Cavazos Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Mission Collegiate High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Mission Collegiate High School is ahead of the 40.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Mission Collegiate High School is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.9 to 12.3 over 4 years.
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.
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 MISSION CISD
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- White Junior High SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Mims Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
Other schools in ALTON
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Jessie L Jensen Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Domingo Trevino Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Cantu Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Raquel Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Carl C Waitz Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Raquel Cavazos Elementary School0.2 mi · 521
- Alton Memorial Junior High School0.2 mi · 819
- Domingo Trevino Middle School0.4 mi · 531
- Cantu Elementary School0.7 mi · 521
- Carl C Waitz Elementary School0.8 mi · 361
- Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School1.3 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Collegiate High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Collegiate High School?
Mission Collegiate High School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mission Collegiate High School serve?
Mission Collegiate High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mission Collegiate High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mission Collegiate High School is approximately 12.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mission Collegiate High School?
Mission Collegiate High School reports a student body of 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Mission Collegiate High School in?
Mission Collegiate High School is part of MISSION CISD.
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