Career and College Development Center

Size

Of the 6 high schools in Weslaco ISD, Career and College Development Center is the 4th largest, with 0.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 420 students, so Career and College Development Center is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 12 with 18 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 9, against an average of 13 per grade. This year grade 12 has 50% more students than grade 9 (18 against 12). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 98% of enrollment, about the same share as across Weslaco ISD (98%).

98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 81.2% across Weslaco ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Career and College Development Center has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 50 students would have about 3.6 teachers, so Career and College Development Center has 1.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory, 0.4 miles away in IDEA Public Schools. There are 16 high schools within 5 miles and 27 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.