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Enrollment
2,166
High
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486006896
Psja North Early College High School
500 E NOLANA LOOP, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2360 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,166 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.6:1
149 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
2,005 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 514 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 578 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 532 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 542 | 25% |
Student demographics
3%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 43.0% | 19.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 21 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 →
Schools most like Psja North Early College High School
Psja North Early College High School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psja North Early College High School this school | 2,166 | 92.6% | 55.3% |
| Mission High School MISSION | 2,154 | 92.2% | 35.8% |
| Psja Early College High School SAN JUAN | 2,300 | 93.7% | 53.3% |
| La Joya High School LA JOYA | 2,405 | 93.1% | 36.9% |
| Sunset High School DALLAS | 2,164 | 93.5% | 48.8% |
| Hanna Early College High School BROWNSVILLE | 2,039 | 91.2% | 57.1% |
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 Psja North Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #643 of 1,385 | #21 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #167 of 1,425 ▼ 34 | #6 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #916 of 1,425 ▼ 84 | #30 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #831 of 1,184 | #27 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,166 | #259 of 2,107 | #7 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #651 of 1,344 | #28 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.6% | #1,300 of 1,346 | #40 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #128 of 1,522 | #25 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #515 of 557 | #30 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
2,166
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 2,128
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 2,166 | 148.6 | 14.6:1 | 93% (2,005) |
| 2023-24 | 2,229 | 150.3 | 14.8:1 | 92% (2,049) |
| 2022-23 | 2,176 | 145.7 | 14.9:1 | 88% (1,911) |
| 2020-21 | 2,155 | 155 | 13.9:1 | 87% (1,874) |
| 2017-18 | 2,197 | 148.4 | 14.8:1 | 84% (1,842) |
| 2015-16 | 2,142 | 145 | 14.8:1 | 82% (1,749) |
| 2010-11 | 2,293 | 162 | 14.2:1 | 1% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 1,926 | 119 | 16.2:1 | 65% (1,252) |
| 1990-91 | 2,128 | 76 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Psja North Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (2,197 to 2,166); teachers unchanged (148.4 to 148.6).
About Psja North Early College High School
Psja North Early College High School is a public high school in PHARR, Texas. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 2,166 students. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
Psja North Early College High School is a school in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. The district has 44 schools and 29,749 students.
At Psja North Early College High School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. The chance that two students picked at random at Psja North Early College High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 3%.
Staffing totals 148.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Psja North Early College High School is 93%. That is 8 points above the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
allk12 grades Psja North Early College High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Psja North Early College High School scores 21.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 55.3% actual versus 34.2% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income is about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 364 public schools operate in Hidalgo County, serving about 212,859 students.
The closest public school to Psja North Early College High School is Dr William Long Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Psja North Early College High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Psja North Early College High School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Psja North Early College High School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 2,155 to 2,166.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Audie Murphy Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Other schools in PHARR
- Vanguard RembrandtCombined · 1,978 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Vanguard Van GoghCombined · 1,048 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- Dr William Long Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
Nearby schools
- Dr William Long Elementary School0.3 mi · 767
- Allen & William Arnold Elementary School0.9 mi · 657
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle School0.9 mi · 1,006
- Raul Longoria Elementary School1.0 mi · 568
- IDEA Owassa Academy1.2 mi · 699
- IDEA Owassa College Preparatory1.2 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Psja North Early College High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Psja North Early College High School?
Psja North Early College High School enrolls approximately 2,166 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Psja North Early College High School serve?
Psja North Early College High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Psja North Early College High School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Psja North Early College High School.
How diverse is Psja North Early College High School?
Psja North Early College High School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Psja North Early College High School?
Psja North Early College High School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.