TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-MCALLEN

MCALLEN · TX · TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-RIO GRANDE VALLEY · Public charter

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PREMIER H S OF SAN JUAN → BUELL CENTRAL DAEP → PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS - EDINBURG CAREER & TECHNICAL → PREMIER H S OF PALMVIEW → PREMIER H S OF MISSION → LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) → LAMAR ACADEMY → IDEA TOROS COLLEGE PREPARATORY →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-MCALLEN compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PREMIER H S OF SAN JUAN, BUELL CENTRAL DAEP, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS - EDINBURG CAREER & TECHNICAL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

40.0%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

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.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

The University of Texas at Austin

29%

admit rate

$11,688

in-state tuition/yr · $44,908 out-of-state

1230–1490

SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full The University of Texas at Austin profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

41.5%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

148:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

0.8

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 118 students:

2025

116

2027

111

2029

107

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
PREMIER H S OF SAN JUAN SAN JUAN	Public · charter	6.3	108	+8.0%
BUELL CENTRAL DAEP PHARR	Public	3.5	87	+24.3%
PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS - EDINBURG CAREER & TECHNICAL EDINBURG	Public · charter	4.8	153	+16.8%
PREMIER H S OF PALMVIEW PALMVIEW	Public · charter	8.8	108	-13.6%
PREMIER H S OF MISSION MISSION	Public · charter	4.9	178	+52.1%
LONE STAR H S SOUTH (TJJD) EDINBURG	Public	11.6	159	+43.2%
LAMAR ACADEMY MCALLEN	Public	0.7	47	—
IDEA TOROS COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDINBURG	Public · charter	8.6	222	+0.9%