Harlingen Collegiate High School
Public high school in Harlingen, Texas · Harlingen CISD · Grades 9–12
Harlingen Collegiate High School serves 353 students in grades 9–12 in Harlingen (Cameron County). It is one of 28 schools in Harlingen CISD. By enrollment it is the 1084th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.5 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 22.76 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Harlingen CISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482253011541 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Harlingen CISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 353 | 16,471 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.5 | 14.3 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 54.7% | 76.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 64% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Harlingen Collegiate High School in context
Size
Of the 5 high schools in Harlingen CISD, Harlingen Collegiate High School is the 4th largest, with 2.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 377 students, so Harlingen Collegiate High School is close to their typical size.
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 9 with 97 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 77, against an average of 88 per grade. This year grade 12 has 21% fewer students than grade 9 (77 against 97). 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 90.7% of enrollment, about the same share as across Harlingen CISD (94.6%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
54.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.7% across Harlingen CISD 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
Harlingen Collegiate High School has 22.76 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 353 students would have about 25.2 teachers, so Harlingen Collegiate High School has 2.4 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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp, 0.6 miles away in San Benito CISD. There are 11 high schools within 5 miles and 12 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 90.7% |
| White | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
50.1% of students are girls and 49.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 97 |
| Grade 10 | 95 |
| Grade 11 | 84 |
| Grade 12 | 77 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2901 Medical Dr., Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956)430-9690
Website: hcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Harlingen Collegiate High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp | San Benito CISD | 0.6 mi | 15 | 3.1 | 73.3% |
| Hester Juvenile Detent | San Benito CISD | 0.6 mi | 40 | 11.6 | 67.5% |
| IDEA College Preparatory San Benito | IDEA Public Schools | 0.7 mi | 780 | 16.6 | 82.4% |
| Secondary Alternative Center | Harlingen CISD | 0.9 mi | 59 | 11.3 | 91.5% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 1.2 mi | 108 | 16.8 | – |
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy | San Benito CISD | 1.8 mi | 645 | 12.7 | 82.9% |
| San Benito High School | San Benito CISD | 2.0 mi | 2,057 | 15 | 81.1% |
| Harlingen High School | Harlingen CISD | 3.0 mi | 2,433 | 14.5 | 77.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.