Harlingen High School
Public high school in Harlingen, Texas · Harlingen CISD · Grades 9–12
Harlingen High School serves 2,433 students in grades 9–12 in Harlingen (Cameron County). It is one of 28 schools in Harlingen CISD. By enrollment it is the 185th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 14.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 167.85 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 | 482253002284 |
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 | 2,433 | 16,471 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 77.8% | 76.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 54% 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 High School in context
Size
Of the 5 high schools in Harlingen CISD, Harlingen High School is the largest, with 14.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 3.3 miles away and have a median of 231 students, so Harlingen High School is larger than most of them.
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 11 with 662 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 516, against an average of 608 per grade. This year grade 12 has 16% fewer students than grade 9 (516 against 613). 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 94.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Harlingen CISD (94.6%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
77.8% 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 High School has 167.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,433 students would have about 173.8 teachers, so Harlingen High School has 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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Harlingen School of Health Professions, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 10 high schools within 5 miles and 14 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 94.4% |
| White | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Black | 0.3% |
45.3% of students are girls and 54.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 613 |
| Grade 10 | 642 |
| Grade 11 | 662 |
| Grade 12 | 516 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1201 E Marshall Ave, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956)427-3600
Website: hcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Harlingen High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen School of Health Professions | Harlingen CISD | 0.9 mi | 448 | 12.5 | 56% |
| Secondary Alternative Center | Harlingen CISD | 2.4 mi | 59 | 11.3 | 91.5% |
| Harlingen Collegiate High School | Harlingen CISD | 3.0 mi | 353 | 15.5 | 54.7% |
| Harlingen H S - South | Harlingen CISD | 3.1 mi | 2,019 | 14.1 | 70.9% |
| Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp | San Benito CISD | 3.5 mi | 15 | 3.1 | 73.3% |
| Hester Juvenile Detent | San Benito CISD | 3.5 mi | 40 | 11.6 | 67.5% |
| IDEA College Preparatory San Benito | IDEA Public Schools | 3.6 mi | 780 | 16.6 | 82.4% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 4.2 mi | 108 | 16.8 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.