Hidalgo County JJAEP

Size

Hidalgo County JJAEP is the 5th largest of Weslaco ISD's 6 high schools; its 14 students are 0.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 631; Hidalgo County JJAEP 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 9 with 6 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 1, against an average of 3 per grade. This year grade 12 has 50% fewer students than grade 7 (1 against 2). 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

The largest group is Hispanic students: 92.9% here and 98% across Weslaco ISD.

It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.

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

Teachers

NCES reports no teacher count for Hidalgo County JJAEP for 2024-25, so this page shows no students-per-teacher figure for it. Across Weslaco ISD there are 19.2 students per teacher.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Location

Hidalgo County JJAEP is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. Juvenile Detention Center (in Edinburg CISD) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 35 other high schools, 13 of them within 5 miles.

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