La Joya Palmview High School
Public high school in Mission, Texas · La Joya ISD · Grades 9–12
La Joya Palmview High School serves 2,073 students in grades 9–12 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 36 schools in La Joya ISD. By enrollment it is the 300th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.1 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 ÷ 136.88 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | La Joya ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482613009305 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | La Joya ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 2,073 | 22,942 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90.4% | 92.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 60% 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.
La Joya Palmview High School in context
Size
La Joya Palmview High School is the 2nd largest of La Joya ISD's 6 high schools; its 2,073 students are 9% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 578; La Joya Palmview 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 9 with 603 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 472, against an average of 518 per grade. This year grade 12 has 22% fewer students than grade 9 (472 against 603). 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
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
90.4% of its students are eligible 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
With 136.88 full-time-equivalent teachers for 2,073 students, La Joya Palmview High School has 15.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,073 students would have about 148.1 teachers, so La Joya Palmview High School has 11.2 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
La Joya Palmview High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Premier H S of Palmview, 1.7 miles away in Premier High Schools. Within 10 miles there are 27 other high schools, 6 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.7% |
| White | 0.2% |
| Black | 0.1% |
49.2% of students are girls and 50.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 603 |
| Grade 10 | 525 |
| Grade 11 | 473 |
| Grade 12 | 472 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3901 N La Homa Rd, Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956)323-2880
Website: lajoyaisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: La Joya Palmview High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S of Palmview | Premier High Schools | 1.7 mi | 108 | 16.2 | 99.1% |
| IDEA North Mission College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.4 mi | 756 | 14.7 | 92.2% |
| Mission Collegiate High School | Mission CISD | 2.4 mi | 399 | 12.3 | 91.7% |
| Veterans Memorial High School | Mission CISD | 3.0 mi | 1,737 | 12.3 | 81.8% |
| Mission High School | Mission CISD | 3.1 mi | 2,154 | 12.9 | 92.2% |
| IDEA College Preparatory Mission | IDEA Public Schools | 4.3 mi | 798 | 15.9 | 91% |
| Premier H S of Mission | Premier High Schools | 5.2 mi | 178 | 28.1 | 99.4% |
| Texasworks - Mission | Texas Works | 5.2 mi | 15 | 15 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.