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What's the state of after-school transportation at WESLACO H S?
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Enrollment
2,699
High
DISTRICT 819 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496005125
Weslaco High School
1005 W PIKE AVE, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6700 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,699 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Texas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.7:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,993 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 760 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 710 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 665 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 564 | 21% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +53.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 53 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 45.0% | 19.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Weslaco High School
Weslaco High School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weslaco High School this school | 2,699 | 73.8% | 50.6% |
| Montwood High School EL PASO | 2,499 | 70.1% | 61.9% |
| Los Fresnos High School LOS FRESNOS | 3,285 | 77.5% | 61.1% |
| Harlingen High School HARLINGEN | 2,433 | 77.8% | 39.6% |
| Harlingen H S - South HARLINGEN | 2,019 | 70.9% | 48.3% |
| Del Rio High School DEL RIO | 2,447 | 69.3% | 45.8% |
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 Weslaco High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #807 of 1,385 | #29 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #200 of 1,425 ▲ 199 | #8 of 56 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #984 of 1,425 ▼ 36 | #33 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.5pp | #109 of 1,184 | #1 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,699 | #127 of 2,107 | #1 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,274 of 1,344 | #56 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #1,287 of 1,346 | #34 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #501 of 1,522 | #53 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #370 of 672 | #7 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
2,699
+135 (+5%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,697
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 2,699 | 136.9 | 19.7:1 | 74% (1,993) |
| 2023-24 | 2,707 | 162.6 | 16.6:1 | 74% (2,010) |
| 2022-23 | 2,553 | 155 | 16.5:1 | 73% (1,858) |
| 2020-21 | 2,564 | 157 | 16.3:1 | 77% (1,972) |
| 2017-18 | 2,449 | 164.4 | 14.9:1 | 73% (1,783) |
| 2015-16 | 2,521 | 158 | 16.0:1 | 70% (1,768) |
| 2010-11 | 2,582 | 151 | 17.1:1 | 14% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 1,310 | 104 | 12.6:1 | 76% (991) |
| 1990-91 | 1,697 | 155 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weslaco High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (2,449 to 2,699); teachers down 17% (164.4 to 136.9).
About Weslaco High School
Weslaco High School is a high-enrollment high school located in WESLACO, Texas. It educates 2,699 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 239% above the 796 average for high schools in Texas.
Weslaco High School is run by WESLACO ISD, whose 20 schools enroll 16,300 students.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at Weslaco High School. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 136.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.7:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hidalgo County is 85%.
allk12 grades Weslaco High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Weslaco High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 50.6% actual against 42.2% predicted.
Across Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Sam Houston Elementary School is the public school closest to Weslaco High School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Weslaco High School places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Weslaco High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Weslaco High School's enrollment grew 5%, to 2,699. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.3:1 to 19.7:1.
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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 WESLACO ISD
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Cleckler/Heald Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Cleckler/Heald Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.9 mi · 761
- Beatriz G Garza Middle School1.0 mi · 919
- Cleckler/Heald Elementary School1.1 mi · 909
- Hidalgo County Boot Camp1.1 mi · 11
- Horizon Montessori II - STEM Academy1.1 mi · 326
- Career and College Development Center1.2 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Weslaco High SchoolHow large is Weslaco High School?
Weslaco High School enrolls approximately 2,699 students in grades 09-12.
Is Weslaco High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weslaco High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Weslaco High School have?
Weslaco High School employs 137 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Weslaco High School?
Student demographics at Weslaco High School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Weslaco High School in?
Weslaco High School is part of WESLACO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.