JIMMY CARTER EARLY COLLEGE H S
LA JOYA · TX · LA JOYA ISD · Public
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HOPE ACADEMY → THELMA ROSA SALINAS STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S → LA JOYA H S → PREMIER H S OF PALMVIEW → JUAREZ-LINCOLN H S → LA JOYA PALMVIEW H S → IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION → MISSION COLLEGIATE H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 7 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 58th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How JIMMY CARTER EARLY COLLEGE H S compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: HOPE ACADEMY, THELMA ROSA SALINAS STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S, LA JOYA H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
66th 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 · 2020-2158th percentile 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 -3.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 327 students:
≈ 46 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,581 per student in district revenue, the 46 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $670,726/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE ACADEMY LA JOYA |
Public | 0.2 | 57 | — |
| THELMA ROSA SALINAS STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S LA JOYA |
Public | 0.3 | 471 | +3.3% |
| LA JOYA H S LA JOYA |
Public | 0.3 | 2,405 | -15.6% |
| PREMIER H S OF PALMVIEW PALMVIEW |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 108 | -13.6% |
| JUAREZ-LINCOLN H S MISSION |
Public | 7.1 | 1,952 | -7.1% |
| LA JOYA PALMVIEW H S MISSION |
Public | 7.3 | 2,073 | -5.4% |
| IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION MISSION |
Public · charter | 7.8 | 406 | +0.2% |
| MISSION COLLEGIATE H S ALTON |
Public | 9.2 | 399 | -8.7% |