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Alumni: what's one memory from PROGRESO H S that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
431
High
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROGRESO ISD·NCES 483591006032
Progreso High School
700 BUSINESS FM 1015, PROGRESO, TX 78579 · (956) 565-4142 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
431 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 107 | 25% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PROGRESO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 15.0% | 60.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Progreso High School
Progreso High School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progreso High School this school | 431 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| Preparatory for Early College High School RIO GRANDE CITY | 430 | 98.6% | 68.3% |
| Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions SAN JUAN | 340 | 98.8% | 85.7% |
| Iltexas Liberty High School CLEVELAND | 421 | 96.0% | 27.9% |
| Inspired Vision Academy Secondary DALLAS | 558 | 99.5% | 24.4% |
| Early College T-STEM Academy HOUSTON | 303 | 97.0% | 53.8% |
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 Progreso High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,248 of 1,385 | #53 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,365 of 1,425 ▼ 90 | #56 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,311 of 1,425 ▼ 36 | #50 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #897 of 1,184 | #32 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #985 of 2,107 | #48 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #441 of 1,344 | #16 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.8% | #1,310 of 1,346 | #41 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #4 of 1,522 | #1 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #85 of 557 | #3 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
431
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 431 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 32.8 | 14.5:1 | 100% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 32.2 | 14.0:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 100% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 99% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 41 | 12.3:1 | 68% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 45 | 10.8:1 | 96% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 29 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Progreso High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (560 to 431); teachers down 31% (47 to 32.5).
About Progreso High School
Progreso High School serves students in PROGRESO, Texas, as a small high school. A federal count lists 431 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
PROGRESO ISD, which runs Progreso High School, has 4 schools and 1,339 students.
The student body at Progreso High School is 99% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 2%, meaning two students picked at random have a 2% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.3:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Progreso High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Progreso High School is 31.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.4%.
Hidalgo County census figures show that the median household income is $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Dorothy Thompson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Progreso High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Progreso High School's average proficiency of 35.4% compares with 38.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 431 students in 2024-25, 74 fewer than the 505 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.8:1 to 13.3:1.
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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 PROGRESO ISD
- Progreso Early ChildhoodElementary · 365 students
- Dorothy Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Progreso Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- DAEPElementary
- Hidalgo Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in PROGRESO
- Progreso Early ChildhoodElementary · 365 students
- Dorothy Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Progreso Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- DAEPElementary
- Hidalgo Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Dorothy Thompson Middle School0.3 mi · 281
- Progreso Early Childhood0.4 mi · 365
- Progreso Elementary School0.6 mi · 262
- Dr R E Margo Elementary School3.3 mi · 1,085
- South Palm Gardens High School3.4 mi · 72
- Travis Elementary School3.6 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Progreso High SchoolHow large is Progreso High School?
Progreso High School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Progreso High School serve?
Progreso High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Progreso High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Progreso High School is approximately 13.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Progreso High School?
At Progreso High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Progreso High School?
Progreso High School is overseen by PROGRESO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.