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.