Progreso High School
Public high school in Progreso, Texas · Progreso ISD · Grades 9–12
Progreso High School serves 431 students in grades 9–12 in Progreso (Hidalgo County). It is one of 4 schools in Progreso ISD. By enrollment it is the 990th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.3 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 ÷ 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Progreso ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483591006032 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Progreso ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 431 | 1,339 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 99.5% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 43% 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.
Progreso High School in context
Size
Progreso High School is the only high school in Progreso ISD. Its 431 students are 32.2% of the district's 1,339. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.1 miles away and have a median of 568 students, so Progreso 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 10 with 121 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 99, against an average of 108 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 104 in grade 9 and 107 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 99.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Progreso ISD (99%).
100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 99.5% across Progreso 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
Progreso High School has 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 431 students would have about 30.8 teachers, so Progreso High School has 1.7 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 South Palm Gardens High School, 3.4 miles away in Weslaco ISD. There are 9 high schools within 5 miles and 20 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.1% |
| White | 0.7% |
| Black | 0.2% |
45.7% of students are girls and 54.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 104 |
| Grade 10 | 121 |
| Grade 11 | 99 |
| Grade 12 | 107 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
700 Business Fm 1015, Progreso, TX 78579
Phone: (956)565-4142
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Progreso High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Palm Gardens High School | Weslaco ISD | 3.4 mi | 72 | 14.8 | 93.1% |
| Weslaco East High School | Weslaco ISD | 3.8 mi | 2,066 | 16.3 | 86% |
| South Texas ISD Virtual Academy | South Texas ISD | 4.0 mi | 212 | 13.7 | 63.7% |
| Mercedes Early College Academy | Mercedes ISD | 4.0 mi | 355 | 16 | 80% |
| South Texas ISD Health Professions | South Texas ISD | 4.1 mi | 781 | 14.5 | 64.1% |
| Mercedes High School | Mercedes ISD | 4.2 mi | 903 | 14.8 | 92% |
| South Texas ISD Science Academy | South Texas ISD | 4.2 mi | 840 | 12.9 | 54.8% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Mercedes | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 4.6 mi | 109 | 22.1 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Progreso ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Thompson Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 281 |
| Progreso Early Childhood | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 365 |
| Progreso Elementary School | Elementary | 3–5 | 262 |