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How has PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,588
High
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486011513
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S
300 E JAVELINA DR, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2480 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,588 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
127 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,510 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
46.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,588
-200 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.8:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of the sizable high schools in PHARR, Texas, run under PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, with 1,588 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
Within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which oversees 44 schools and 29,749 students, PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the system.
Demographically, PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S has 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S 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 32.4%; this one delivers 52.9%, a residual of +20.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 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 SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.
KENNEDY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S. On composite proficiency, PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 1,788 students in 2018 compared to 1,588 in 2025.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 H SHigh · 2,300 students
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
- AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLEMiddle · 790 students
Other schools in PHARR
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- VANGUARD REMBRANDTCombined · 1,978 students
- VANGUARD VAN GOGHCombined · 1,048 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY PHARRHigh · 848 students
- DR WILLIAM LONG ELElementary · 767 students
Nearby schools
- KENNEDY MIDDLE0.9 mi · 519
- GERALDINE PALMER EL1.2 mi · 657
- JAIME ESCALANTE MIDDLE1.6 mi · 554
- GRACIELA GARCIA EL1.6 mi · 385
- VANGUARD VAN GOGH1.7 mi · 1,048
- LIBERTY MIDDLE1.7 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHow large is PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S?
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S enrolls approximately 1,588 students in grades 09-12.
Is PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S an elementary, middle, or high school?
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S have?
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S employs 127 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S?
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S in?
PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
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