1
Enrollment
1,737
High
DISTRICT 1,430 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104006997
Veterans Memorial High School
700 E TWO MILE RD, MISSION, TX 78574 · (956) 323-3000 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,737 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
12.3:1
141 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,421 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 446 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 428 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 417 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 446 | 26% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 48.0% | 15.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 22.0% | 44.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Veterans Memorial High School
Veterans Memorial High School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial High School this school | 1,737 | 81.8% | 44.9% |
| C C Winn High School EAGLE PASS | 1,878 | 81.7% | 47.9% |
| Del Valle High School EL PASO | 1,798 | 83.4% | 57.0% |
| Bel Air High School EL PASO | 1,866 | 83.3% | 61.9% |
| San Benito High School SAN BENITO | 2,057 | 81.1% | 28.0% |
| Harlandale High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,652 | 79.4% | 36.5% |
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 Veterans Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #998 of 1,385 | #38 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,077 of 1,425 ▼ 226 | #48 of 56 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #840 of 1,425 ▲ 21 | #28 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #378 of 1,184 | #7 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,737 | #399 of 2,107 | #19 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #322 of 1,344 | #7 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.6% | #1,273 of 1,346 | #26 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #359 of 1,522 | #46 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #301 of 557 | #17 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
1,737
-124 (-7%) vs 2020
+110% since 2000-01, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 1,737 | 141.3 | 12.3:1 | 82% (1,421) |
| 2023-24 | 1,817 | 138.5 | 13.1:1 | 80% (1,454) |
| 2022-23 | 1,932 | 137.9 | 14.0:1 | 81% (1,558) |
| 2020-21 | 1,861 | 124 | 15.0:1 | 81% (1,505) |
| 2017-18 | 1,888 | 133.6 | 14.1:1 | 77% (1,457) |
| 2015-16 | 1,932 | 130 | 14.9:1 | 75% (1,453) |
| 2010-11 | 1,858 | 136 | 13.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 57 | 14.5:1 | 42% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,888 to 1,737); teachers up 6% (133.6 to 141.3).
About Veterans Memorial High School
Veterans Memorial High School is a high-enrollment high school in MISSION, Texas, under MISSION CISD. It had 1,737 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
The district, MISSION CISD, operates 22 schools serving 13,765 students.
The share of students at Veterans Memorial High School who are Hispanic is 98%. Other students are 2% White. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Veterans Memorial High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Veterans Memorial High School, there are about 12.3 students; the school has 141.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. There are 1,421 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 82% of enrollment. That is in line with the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Among Texas public high schools, Veterans Memorial High School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Veterans Memorial High School's results are 6.2 points above predicted: 44.9% against 38.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hidalgo County show that the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Hidalgo County, 364 public schools serve about 212,859 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mims Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Veterans Memorial High School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Veterans Memorial High School is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 1,861 to 1,737. Students per teacher dropped from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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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 MISSION CISD
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- White Junior High SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Mims Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Hurla M Midkiff Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 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
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- White Junior High SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other Veterans Memorial High schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Veterans Memorial High. Veterans Memorial High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 2,026 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 1,579 students
Nearby schools
- Mims Elementary School0.2 mi · 673
- IDEA North Mission College Preparatory0.9 mi · 756
- IDEA North Mission Academy0.9 mi · 719
- Hurla M Midkiff Elementary School1.0 mi · 657
- Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary School1.0 mi · 345
- Ollie O'Grady Elementary School1.3 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Veterans Memorial High School?
Veterans Memorial High School enrolls approximately 1,737 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Veterans Memorial High School serve?
Veterans Memorial High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial High School is approximately 12.3:1 (141 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Veterans Memorial High School?
Veterans Memorial High School reports a student body of 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Veterans Memorial High School in?
Veterans Memorial High School is part of MISSION CISD.
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