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Mission Collegiate High School

Public high school in Alton, Texas · Mission CISD · Grades 9–12

Mission Collegiate High School serves 399 students in grades 9–12 in Alton (Hidalgo County). It is one of 22 schools in Mission CISD. By enrollment it is the 1030th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.3 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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.

399
students
12.3
students per teacher
91.7%
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–12
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 32.47 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelHigh
Grades9–12
DistrictMission CISD
CountyHidalgo County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID483104012901

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

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolMission CISDTexas high schools (median)
Students39913,765457
Students per teacher12.31414
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible91.7%86.2%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 35% 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.

Mission Collegiate High School in context

Size

Of the 3 high schools in Mission CISD, Mission Collegiate High School is the smallest, with 2.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4 miles away and have a median of 1,632 students, so Mission Collegiate High School is smaller 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 110 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 88, against an average of 100 per grade. This year grade 12 has 10% fewer students than grade 9 (88 against 98). 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 98% of enrollment, about the same share as across Mission CISD (97.5%).

91.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 86.2% across Mission 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

Mission Collegiate High School has 32.47 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 399 students would have about 28.5 teachers, so Mission Collegiate High School has 4 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 La Joya Palmview High School, 2.4 miles away in La Joya ISD. There are 7 high schools within 5 miles and 30 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
98%
White
1.8%
Asian
0.3%

59.4% of students are girls and 40.6% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
98
Grade 10
103
Grade 11
110
Grade 12
88

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

605 S Los Ebanos Rd, Alton, TX 78573
Phone: (956)323-6120

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Mission Collegiate High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
La Joya Palmview High SchoolLa Joya ISD2.4 mi2,07315.190.4%
Veterans Memorial High SchoolMission CISD3.2 mi1,73712.381.8%
IDEA North Mission College PreparatoryIDEA Public Schools3.3 mi75614.792.2%
Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolSharyland ISD4.0 mi1,51116.563.1%
Premier H S of PalmviewPremier High Schools4.1 mi10816.299.1%
Mission High SchoolMission CISD4.3 mi2,15412.992.2%
Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolLa Joya ISD5.0 mi1,95213.798%
Sharyland High SchoolSharyland ISD5.8 mi1,52718.155.6%

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

Other schools in Mission CISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Alton Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5337
Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8819
Bryan Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5653
Cantu Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5521
Carl C Waitz Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5361
Castro Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5328
Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5345
Hurla M Midkiff Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5657
Leal Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5436
Marcell Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5378
Mims Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5673
Mission Early LearningPre-KPre-K183
Mission High SchoolHigh9–122,154
Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8711
Ollie O'Grady Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5457
Pearson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5307
Rafael a Cantu Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8591
Raquel Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5521
Salinas Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5366
Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh9–121,737
White Junior High SchoolMiddle6–8831