HARLINGEN COLLEGIATE H S
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CAMERON CO J J A E P → CAMERON CO J J A E P → CAMERON CO J J A E P → CAMERON CO J J A E P → IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO → SECONDARY ALTER CTR → TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-SAN BENITO → SAN BENITO H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 36% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HARLINGEN COLLEGIATE H S compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 2 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CAMERON CO J J A E P, CAMERON CO J J A E P, CAMERON CO J J A E P and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 36% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 353 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,164 per student in district revenue, the 36 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $473,904/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON CO J J A E P SAN BENITO |
Public | 0.6 | 6 | — |
| CAMERON CO J J A E P SAN BENITO |
Public | 0.6 | 4 | — |
| CAMERON CO J J A E P PORT ISABEL |
Public | 0.6 | 3 | — |
| CAMERON CO J J A E P SAN BENITO |
Public | 0.6 | 8 | — |
| IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO SAN BENITO |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 405 | +8.0% |
| SECONDARY ALTER CTR HARLINGEN |
Public | 0.9 | 35 | — |
| TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-SAN BENITO SAN BENITO |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 108 | -21.2% |
| SAN BENITO H S SAN BENITO |
Public | 2.0 | 2,057 | +0.1% |