PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S

PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S, a heavily attended four-year high school in SAN JUAN, Texas, one of the schools within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, caters to 2,300 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 189% larger than the state mean of about 796.

PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 44 schools operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, a district that caters to 29,749 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

On the resource side, PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S logs 173 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

After controlling for student poverty, PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.0%; PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 52.3%, +19.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,114 (now 2,300). Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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