Texasworks - Weslaco
Public high school (charter) in Weslaco, Texas · Texas Works · Grades 9–12
Texasworks - Weslaco serves 29 students in grades 9–12 in Weslaco (Hidalgo County). It is one of 17 schools in Texas Works. By enrollment it is the 1809th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 29 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 ÷ 1 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Texas Works |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 489913623160 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texas Works | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 29 | 446 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 29 | 18.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 98% 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.
Texasworks - Weslaco in context
Size
Of the 17 high schools in Texas Works, Texasworks - Weslaco is the 6th largest, with 6.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.2 miles away and have a median of 162 students, so Texasworks - Weslaco 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. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 10 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 5, against an average of 7 per grade. This year grade 12 has 33% more students than grade 9 (8 against 6). 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 96.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texas Works (71.3%).
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
Texasworks - Weslaco has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 29 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 29 students would have about 2.1 teachers, so Texasworks - Weslaco has 1.1 fewer.
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. Premier H S of Weslaco (in Premier High Schools) is listed at the same location. There are 16 high schools within 5 miles and 26 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.6% |
| White | 3.4% |
86.2% of students are girls and 13.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 6 |
| Grade 10 | 5 |
| Grade 11 | 10 |
| Grade 12 | 8 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2419 E Haggar Ave, Weslaco, TX 78599
Phone: (972)316-3663
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Texasworks - Weslaco. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S of Weslaco | Premier High Schools | 0.0 mi | 112 | 25.4 | 95.5% |
| IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 0.8 mi | 758 | 14.6 | 87.1% |
| IDEA College Prep Weslaco | IDEA Public Schools | 0.9 mi | 728 | 16.1 | 84.6% |
| Career and College Development Center | Weslaco ISD | 1.1 mi | 50 | 25 | 98% |
| Hidalgo County Boot Camp | Weslaco ISD | 1.2 mi | 11 | 4.7 | 100% |
| Weslaco East High School | Weslaco ISD | 1.5 mi | 2,066 | 16.3 | 86% |
| South Texas ISD Virtual Academy | South Texas ISD | 2.0 mi | 212 | 13.7 | 63.7% |
| South Palm Gardens High School | Weslaco ISD | 2.0 mi | 72 | 14.8 | 93.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texas Works
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texasworks - Abilene | High | 9–12 | 36 |
| Texasworks - Austin-Wells Branch | High | 9–12 | 24 |
| Texasworks - Brownsville | High | 9–12 | 16 |
| Texasworks - Corpus Christi | High | 9–12 | 14 |
| Texasworks - Desoto | High | 10–12 | 11 |
| Texasworks - Edinburg-Cte | High | 9–12 | 47 |
| Texasworks - El Paso-Mesa | High | 9–12 | 10 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Champions | High | 9–12 | 12 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Gallery Furniture | High | 9–12 | 17 |
| Texasworks - Irving | High | 9–12 | 30 |
| Texasworks - Laredo | High | 9–12 | 57 |
| Texasworks - Longview | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft | High | 9–12 | 19 |
| Texasworks - Mission | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - San Angelo | High | 9–12 | 39 |
| Texasworks - San Antonio-Ingram | High | 10–12 | 12 |