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Juarez-Lincoln High School

Public high school in Mission, Texas · La Joya ISD · Grades 9–12

Juarez-Lincoln High School serves 1,952 students in grades 9–12 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 36 schools in La Joya ISD. By enrollment it is the 350th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.7 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.

1,952
students
13.7
students per teacher
98%
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–12
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 142.28 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelHigh
Grades9–12
DistrictLa Joya ISD
CountyHidalgo County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID482613007045

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolLa Joya ISDTexas high schools (median)
Students1,95222,942457
Students per teacher13.714.614
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible98%92.3%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 46% 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.

Juarez-Lincoln High School in context

Size

Of the 6 high schools in La Joya ISD, Juarez-Lincoln High School is the 3rd largest, with 8.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6.9 miles away and have a median of 435 students, so Juarez-Lincoln 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 10 with 527 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 464, against an average of 488 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 487 in grade 9 and 464 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.3% across La Joya 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

Juarez-Lincoln High School has 142.28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,952 students would have about 139.4 teachers, so Juarez-Lincoln High School has 2.9 more.

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 Mission Collegiate High School, 5 miles away in Mission CISD. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
99.9%
White
0.1%

47.4% of students are girls and 52.6% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
487
Grade 10
527
Grade 11
474
Grade 12
464

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

7801 W Mile 7 Rd, Mission, TX 78574
Phone: (956)323-2890
Website: lajoyaisd.com

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Juarez-Lincoln High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Mission Collegiate High SchoolMission CISD5.0 mi39912.391.7%
La Joya Palmview High SchoolLa Joya ISD5.3 mi2,07315.190.4%
Premier H S of PalmviewPremier High Schools6.3 mi10816.299.1%
La Joya High SchoolLa Joya ISD6.8 mi2,40514.693.1%
Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College High SchoolLa Joya ISD6.9 mi47114.993.8%
Jimmy Carter Early College High SchoolLa Joya ISD7.1 mi32711.885.9%
Hope AcademyLa Joya ISD7.3 mi787.891%
IDEA North Mission College PreparatoryIDEA Public Schools7.6 mi75614.792.2%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in La Joya ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle6–8665
Cesar Chavez Middle SchoolMiddle6–8625
Corina Pena Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5523
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5527
Domingo Trevino Middle SchoolMiddle6–8531
Dr. Americo Paredes Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5465
Dr. Javier Saenz Middle SchoolMiddle6–8601
Dr. Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5583
E B Reyna Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5523
Elodia R Chapa Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5445
Emiliano Zapata Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5511
Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5715
Evangelina Garza Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5384
Guillermo Flores Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5452
Henry B Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5391
Hope AcademyHigh6–1278
Irene M Garcia Middle SchoolMiddle6–8601
Jimmy Carter Early College High SchoolHigh9–12327
John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5676
Jose De Escandon Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5614
Juan De Dios Salinas Middle SchoolMiddle6–8648
Juan Seguin Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5569
La Joya High SchoolHigh9–122,405
La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh9–122,073
Leo J Leo Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5319
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5538
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle SchoolMiddle6–8545
Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle6–8663
Narciso CavazosElementaryPre-K–5471
Patricio Perez Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5421
Rosendo Benavides Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5267
Sam Fordyce Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5356
Tabasco Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5544
Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College High SchoolHigh9–12471
William J Clinton Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5463