PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Set in SAN JUAN, Texas, PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is a close-knit senior high, overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. It hosts 340 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,749 students. PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

After controlling for student poverty, PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 85.6%, a residual of +54.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is one.

PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

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