PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S

PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of the sizable senior highs in PHARR, Texas, one of the schools within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, with 2,166 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 172% above 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 NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 149 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 93% of students at PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PSJA NORTH 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 33.5%; PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 54.1%, +20.7 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Hidalgo County shows 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%. PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

DR WILLIAM LONG EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 2,197 (now 2,166).

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