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Enrollment
403
High
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH TEXAS ISD·NCES 483715004181
South Texas ISD World Scholars
510 S SUGAR RD, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 383-1684 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public high schools
- A-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
13.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
247 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 31% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 62.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 29.0% | 40.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 23 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 South Texas ISD World Scholars
South Texas ISD World Scholars's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas ISD World Scholars this school | 403 | 61.3% | 70.3% |
| Transmountain Early College High School EL PASO | 354 | 58.8% | 83.7% |
| Kermit High School KERMIT | 395 | 60.3% | 44.3% |
| Cast Tech High School SAN ANTONIO | 451 | 64.1% | 62.4% |
| Mission Early College High School EL PASO | 410 | 65.9% | 76.4% |
| Sinton High School SINTON | 547 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
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 South Texas ISD World Scholars ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #230 of 1,385 | #10 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #682 of 1,425 ▲ 18 | #29 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #169 of 1,425 ▲ 59 | #8 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #898 of 1,184 | #33 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #1,017 of 2,107 | #50 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #429 of 1,344 | #15 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #1,061 of 1,346 | #3 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #768 of 1,522 | #63 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #34 of 557 | #1 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
403
-154 (-28%) vs 2020
+266% since 1990-91, when it was 110
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 403 | 30.6 | 13.2:1 | 61% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 32.7 | 13.9:1 | 67% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 40.7 | 12.4:1 | 60% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 47.2 | 13.2:1 | 50% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 60% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 69% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 791 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 55% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 110 | 21 | 5.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Texas ISD World Scholars.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (623 to 403); teachers down 35% (47.2 to 30.6).
About South Texas ISD World Scholars
EDINBURG, Texas, is home to South Texas ISD World Scholars, a low-enrollment high school. The school's 403 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Texas average about 796 students each.
SOUTH TEXAS ISD enrolls 4,639 students in 7 schools, including South Texas ISD World Scholars.
Federal enrollment data show South Texas ISD World Scholars is 86% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
South Texas ISD World Scholars employs 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 61% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Hidalgo County averages 85%, higher than here.
Measured against Texas public high schools, South Texas ISD World Scholars 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.
South Texas ISD World Scholars is in the top 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.5%. The school's actual rate is 70.3%, 22.8 points higher.
Federal survey data for Hidalgo County show that the median household income is $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, enrolling about 212,859 students in all.
The closest public school, South Texas ISD Preparatory Academy, is about 0.1 miles from South Texas ISD World Scholars. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. South Texas ISD World Scholars places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment dropped 28% from its 2020-21 level of 557.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at South Texas ISD World Scholars, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SOUTH TEXAS ISD
- South Texas ISD Science AcademyHigh · 840 students
- South Texas ISD Medical ProfessionsHigh · 820 students
- South Texas ISD Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 802 students
- South Texas ISD Health ProfessionsHigh · 781 students
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars AcademyMiddle · 781 students
- South Texas ISD Virtual AcademyHigh · 212 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- South Texas ISD Preparatory Academy0.1 mi · 802
- Lee Elementary School0.2 mi · 414
- De La Vina Elementary School0.7 mi · 641
- South Middle School0.8 mi · 1,246
- Early Childhood0.9 mi · 352
- Jefferson Elementary School1.1 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About South Texas ISD World ScholarsWhat is the total enrollment at South Texas ISD World Scholars?
South Texas ISD World Scholars enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does South Texas ISD World Scholars serve?
South Texas ISD World Scholars serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at South Texas ISD World Scholars?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at South Texas ISD World Scholars.
What is the student diversity at South Texas ISD World Scholars?
Student demographics at South Texas ISD World Scholars are roughly 9% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is South Texas ISD World Scholars public or private?
South Texas ISD World Scholars is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH TEXAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.