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Enrollment
481
High
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993013048
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy
1106 N SHARY RD BLDG A, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 584-6467 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
8.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
318 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 133 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 22% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
80.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 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 | 26.0% | 54.0% | 14.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 38.0% | 22.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 69.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 36 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 Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy this school | 481 | 66.1% | 81.8% |
| Mission Early College High School EL PASO | 410 | 65.9% | 76.4% |
| Achieve Early College High School MCALLEN | 428 | 68.2% | 85.4% |
| Travis Early College High School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 68.4% | 72.8% |
| Lyford High School LYFORD | 439 | 62.9% | 37.7% |
| Cast Tech High School SAN ANTONIO | 451 | 64.1% | 62.4% |
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 Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #75 of 1,385 | #4 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #93 of 1,425 ▼ 55 | #5 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #190 of 1,425 ▼ 11 | #10 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #99 of 1,184 | #12 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #921 of 2,107 | #45 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #35 of 1,344 | #2 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,192 of 1,346 | #8 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #670 of 1,522 | #57 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.7% | #179 of 672 | #3 of 18 |
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
481
+46 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 29.0:1
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 | 481 | 55.4 | 8.7:1 | 66% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 19.6 | 24.5:1 | 68% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 16.5 | 28.9:1 | 70% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 15 | 29.0:1 | 66% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 17.3 | 22.7:1 | 61% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 25 | 9.7:1 | 64% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (392 to 481); teachers up 220% (17.3 to 55.4).
About Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy, located in MISSION, Texas, is a low-enrollment high school. It enrolled 481 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 40% lower than the average for high schools in Texas, which is about 796.
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy is in SHARYLAND ISD, a district with 9,844 students across 13 schools.
Most students at Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy are Hispanic: 94% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 4% White. For comparison, Hidalgo County is about 92% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Teachers at the school number 55.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.7:1. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hidalgo County report 85%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy beats its 45.5% prediction with 81.8%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Across Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The public schools of Hidalgo County number 364 and enroll about 212,859.
Sharyland High School is located about 0.2 miles from Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 435 in 2020-21 and 481 in 2024-25, a rise of 46 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 29.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.7:1.
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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 SHARYLAND ISD
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Sharyland North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- B L Gray Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- John H Shary Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- Sharyland High School0.2 mi · 1,527
- Romulo D Martinez Elementary School0.5 mi · 525
- IDEA McAllen College Preparatory0.7 mi · 820
- IDEA McAllen Academy0.7 mi · 738
- John H Shary Elementary School1.2 mi · 652
- Lloyd & Dolly Bentsen Elementary School1.6 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Sharyland Advanced Academic AcademyHow large is Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy?
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy serve?
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy is approximately 8.7:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy?
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy in?
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy is part of SHARYLAND ISD.
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