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Enrollment
2,300
High
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003921
PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S
805 W RIDGE RD, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2300 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
173 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
2,156 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . -1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 19 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,300
+186 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.3:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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 PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
- AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLEMiddle · 790 students
Other schools in SAN JUAN
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN JUANHigh · 741 students
- R YZAGUIRRE MIDDLEMiddle · 736 students
- EDITH & ETHEL CARMAN ELElementary · 686 students
- IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUANElementary · 617 students
- ARNOLDO CANTU SR ELElementary · 598 students
Nearby schools
- PSJA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS0.1 mi · 340
- EDITH & ETHEL CARMAN EL0.6 mi · 686
- LIBERTY MIDDLE0.8 mi · 742
- VANGUARD REMBRANDT0.8 mi · 1,978
- KELLY-PHARR EL0.9 mi · 587
- ELVIS J BALLEW H S1.0 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H SHow many students attend PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S?
PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S enrolls approximately 2,300 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S serve?
PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S.
How diverse is PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S?
PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S public or private?
PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
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