North Austin News

There were 84 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Hidalgo County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 11.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hidalgo County welcomed 248,558 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander comprised 0% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 401 schools in Hidalgo County, Idea Carver Academy, Idea Converse Academy, Idea Judson College Preparatory, Idea Parmer Park Academy, and Idea Walzem Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of four students.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
La Joya High School	0	2,849
Economedes High School	0	2,703
Edinburg North High School	0	2,694
Weslaco High School	0	2,504
Psja Early College High School	0	2,493
Edinburg High School	0.1	2,437
Mission High School	0	2,252
La Joya Palmview High School	0	2,191
Robert R. Vela High School	0	2,190
McAllen High School	0	2,185
Memorial High School	0	2,138
Psja North Early College High School	0	2,119
Juarez-Lincoln High School	0	2,102
Donna North High School	0	2,042
Donna High School	0	1,956
Weslaco East High School	0	1,952
Rowe High School	0	1,941
Veterans Memorial High School	0	1,871
Psja Memorial Early College High School	0	1,823
Vanguard Rembrandt	0	1,811
Psja Southwest Early College High School	0	1,703
Sharyland High School	0	1,490
Sharyland Pioneer High School	0.1	1,422
Betty Harwell Middle School	0	1,379
Vanguard Beethoven	0	1,313
Francisco Barrientes Middle School	0	1,288
Edcouch-Elsa High School	0	1,285
South Middle School	0	1,227
Vanguard Mozart	0	1,161
Valley View High School	0	1,111
Memorial Middle School	0	1,098
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	0	1,072
Hidalgo Early College High School	0	1,065
B. L. Garza Middle School	0	1,019
Morris Middle School	0	1,013
Mercedes High School	0	1,007
Beatriz G. Garza Middle School	0	1,005
Austin Middle School	0	1,004
Idea Edgemere Academy	0.1	973
Memorial Elementary School	0.2	939
Mary Hoge Middle School	0.1	915
Central Middle School	0	908
Veterans Middle School	0	875
Idea Rio Vista Academy	0	874
Idea North Mission Academy	0	870
Idea McAllen Academy	0	858
Cleckler/Heald Elementary School	0	854
Idea Academy Mission	0	850
Idea Academy San Benito	0	850
Cathey Middle School	0.1	849
Sharyland North Junior High School	0	849
Dr. R. E. Margo Elementary School	0	841
Idea South Flores Academy	0	841
Idea Ewing Halsell Academy	0	840
Idea Weslaco Pike Academy	0	840
Michael E. Fossum Middle School	0	833
De Leon Middle School	0	829
Alton Memorial Junior High School	0	827
Idea Brackenridge Academy	0	827
White Junior High School	0	825
Idea Frontier Academy	0	821
Idea Tres Lagos Academy	0	816
Idea Academy Pharr	0	813
Idea Rio Grande City Academy	0	812
Idea Riverview Academy	0	811
Elias Longoria Senior Middle School	0	806
Idea Riverview College Preparatory	0	804
Idea College Preparatory Pharr	0	796
Gonzalez Elementary School	0.1	788
R. Yzaguirre Middle School	0	788
Idea Edinburg Academy	0.3	787
Milam Elementary School	0	785
Audie Murphy Middle School	0	783
Dr. William Long Elementary School	0	781
Idea Montopolis College Preparatory	0	780
Idea Academy Alamo	0	779
Idea College Preparatory Mission	0	779
Idea Academy San Juan	0	777
Idea Academy	0	768
Idea College Preparatory San Benito	0	763
Idea Frontier College Preparatory	0	763
Idea Rundberg College Preparatory	0	762
Liberty Middle School	0	762
Idea McAllen College Preparatory	0	751
Idea College Prep Weslaco	0	749
Idea North Mission College Preparatory	0	739
Idea Brownsville College Preparatory	0	738
Idea Weslaco Pike College Preparatory	0	737
Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School	0	737
Idea College Preparatory Alamo	0	736
Idea College Preparatory San Juan	0	736
A. P. Solis Middle School	0	732
Idea Edinburg College Preparatory	0	732
Idea Quest Academy	0	730
Cesar Chavez Middle School	0	728
B. L. Gray Junior High School	0	726
Ann Richards Middle School	0	723
John McKeever Elementary School	0	717
Idea College Prep	0	716
Idea Kyle Academy	0.1	714
Idea South Flores College Preparatory	0	712
Mission Junior High School	0	711
Idea Walzem College Preparatory	0.4	709
Idea Montopolis Academy	0.1	706
Sam Houston Elementary School	0	706
Idea Najim Academy	0.1	704
Maria Alicia P. Munoz Elementary School	0	702
Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School	0	701
A. N. Rico Elementary School	0.3	696
Idea Carver College Preparatory	0.3	695
Idea Brownsville Academy	0	694
Idea Judson Academy	0.4	694
Idea Monterrey Park College Preparatory	0	692
Donna Wernecke Elementary School	0	689
Idea Quest College Preparatory	0	688
Memorial Middle School	0	688
Idea Rundberg Academy	0.3	682
Alamo Middle School	0	677
Idea Bluff Springs Academy	0	675
Idea Monterrey Park Academy	0.1	675
Idea Mays Academy	0	674
Idea Owassa Academy	0.3	674
Kelly-Pharr Elementary School	0	673
Idea Elsa Academy	0	672
Monte Cristo Elementary School	0	672
Carlos Truan Junior High School	0	668
Idea Academy Weslaco	0	668
Idea Burke Academy	0	667
North Bridge Elementary School	0	667
Dora M. Sauceda Middle School	0	666
Idea Walzem Academy	0.6	666
Harry Shimotsu Elementary School	0	664
Armando Cuellar Middle School	0	660
Idea Bluff Springs College Preparatory	0	658
W. A. Todd Middle School	0	658
Escandon Elementary School	0	657
Hurla M. Midkiff Elementary School	0	657
Irene M. Garcia Middle School	0	657
Idea Judson College Preparatory	0.6	653
Psja Early Start	0	652
Carmen V. Avila Elementary School	0	651
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	0	651
Airport Elementary School	0	645
Idea Ingram Hills Academy	0	635
Idea Pflugerville Academy	0.2	630
Idea Carver Academy	0.6	629
John High Shary Elementary School	0	629
Dr. Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School	0	627
Idea Eastside College Preparatory	0	626
Mims Elementary School	0	626
Trevino Elementary School	0	626
Domingo Trevino Middle School	0	624
Truman Elementary School	0	623
Canterbury Elementary School	0	618
Henry Ford Elementary School	0	618
Idea Mays College Preparatory	0	617
Idea Parmer Park Academy	0.7	615
Aida C. Escobar Elementary School	0	614
Idea Mesa Hills Academy	0.2	611
Idea Spears Academy	0.3	610
Bryan Elementary School	0	606
Julian S. Adame	0	606
Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School	0	605
Augusto Guerra Elementary School	0	604
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School	0	603
Idea Los Encinos Academy	0	595
Alfonso Ramirez Elementary School	0	593
Idea Hardy Academy	0	591
Geraldine Palmer Elementary School	0	588
Diaz Junior High School	0	586
Brown Middle School	0	579
Eisenhower Elementary School	0	579
Valley View Early College Campus	0	578
Psja Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School	0	576
Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle School	0.2	576
Jose De Escandon Elementary School	0	572
Raul Longoria Elementary School	0	572
Alfred Sorensen Elementary School	0	570
Kennedy Middle School	0	569
Allen & William Arnold Elementary School	0	567
Idea Eastside Academy	0	567
Idea Robindale Academy	0	567
Lloyd & Dolly Bentsen Elementary School	0	565
Raul A. Gonzalez Junior Elementary School	0	565
Idea Edgecliff Academy	0.2	564
Seguin Elementary School	0	564
C. Stainke Elementary School	0	562
Idea Horizon Vista Academy	0	562
Rafael A. Cantu Junior High School	0	561
Valley View Junior High School	0	555
Idea Round Rock Tech Academy	0.4	554
Raquel Cavazos Elementary School	0	547
Patricia School Garza Elementary	0	545
Olivero Garza Sr. Elementary School	0	544
Arnoldo Cantu Senior Elementary School	0	540
Jaime Escalante Middle School	0	539
De La Vina Elementary School	0	538
Dr. Pablo Perez	0	537
William Junior Clinton Elementary School	0	537
Lloyd M. Bentsen Elementary School	0	536
Betts Elementary School	0	531
Idea Rise Academy	0	529
Amanda Garza-Pena Elementary School	0	528
Marcia R. Garza	0	528
Jessie L. Jensen Elementary School	0	527
Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School	0	524
Jackson Elementary School	0	521
Tabasco Elementary School	0	521
Idea Achieve Academy	0.2	517
Dr. Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary School	0	516
Zeferino Farias Elementary School	0	511
Berta School Palacios Elementary	0	510
Escandon Elementary School	0	510
Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School	0	510
Santos Livas Elementary School	0	510
Idea Hidden Meadow Academy	0.2	507
Daniel Singleterry Senior	0	505
Juan Seguin Elementary School	0	504
Romulo D. Martinez Elementary School	0	503
Idea Brackenridge College Preparatory	0	502
Castaneda Elementary School	0	498
Travis Middle School	0	496
Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School	0	495
Rodolfo Rudy Silva Junior Elementary School	0	494
Emiliano Zapata Elementary School	0	492
Blanca E. Sanchez	0	489
Sgt. William G. Harrell Middle School	0	488
Vanguard Picasso	0	486
Idea Rio Grande City College Preparatory	0	485
Rayburn Elementary School	0	484
Corina Pena Elementary School	0	483
Idea Converse Academy	0.8	480
Idea Tres Lagos College Preparatory	0	480
Fields Elementary School	0	479
PFC Mario Ybarra Elementary School	0	477
Evangelina Garza Elementary School	0	475
R. C. Flores-Mark A. Zapata Elementary School	0	475
Idea Pflugerville College Preparatory	0.4	474
Zavala Elementary School	0	474
Thigpen-Zavala Elementary School	0	470
Idea Edgemere College Preparatory	0.2	469
Travis Elementary School	0	468
Daniel Ramirez Elementary School	0	465
Progreso High School	0	462
Idea Ewing Halsell College Preparatory	0	461
Garza Elementary School	0	460
Leal Elementary School	0	459
Villarreal Elementary School	0	458
Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College High School	0	456
Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy	0	452
Idea Kyle College Preparatory	0.4	450
John Doedyns Elementary School	0	449
L. B. Johnson Elementary School	0	449
Jefferson Elementary School	0	448
Guerra Elementary School	0	447
E. B. Reyna Elementary School	0	446
Hargill Elementary School	0	446
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School	0	446
Idea Elsa College Preparatory	0	443
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School	0	443
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	0	440
Idea Palmview Academy	0.2	439
Valley View Elementary School	0	438
Mission Collegiate High School	0	437
Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary School	0	435
21ST Century Early Learning Foundations Academy	0	429
Roosevelt Elementary School	0	426
Carmen Anaya Elementary School	0	425
Vida N. Clover Elementary School	0	425
Patricio Perez Elementary School	0	423
Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School	0	423
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School	0	422
Houston Elementary School	0	422
Taylor Elementary School	0	421
Freddy Gonzalez Elementary School	0	420
Alvarez Elementary School	0	416
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School	0	416
Elodia R. Chapa Elementary School	0	414
Capt. D. Salinas II Elementary School	0	413
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	0	408
Narciso Cavazos	0	408
Guzman Elementary School	0	407
Wilbur E. Lucas Elementary School	0	404
McAuliffe Elementary School	0	403
Achieve Early College High School	0	402
Idea Harlingen Academy	0	400
Ruben C. Rodriguez Elementary School	0	399
Wilson Elementary School	0	397
La Joya ISD Head Start Program	0	395
Anne L. Magee Elementary School	0.5	393
Horizon Montessori	0	391
Idea Owassa College Preparatory	0.3	390
San Carlos Elementary School	0	390
Guillermo Flores Elementary School	0	389
Cantu Elementary School	0	388
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	0	387
Lucile Hendricks Elementary School	0	385
Monte Alto Elementary School	0	385
Mercedes Early College Academy	0	384
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School	0	381
Early Childhood	0	379
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School	0	379
Hilda C. Escobar/Alicia C. Rios Elementary School	0	377
Marcell Elementary School	0	376
Dr. Thomas Esparza Elementary School	0	375
Lincoln Elementary School	0	375
Alton Elementary School	0	374
T. Price Elementary School	0	374
Carl C. Waitz Elementary School	0	370
Graciela Garcia Elementary School	0	368
Idea Los Encinos College Preparatory	0	367
Lee Elementary School	0	367
Santiago Garcia Elementary School	0	367
Cavazos Elementary School	0	366
Austin Elementary School	0	361
Le Noir Elementary School	0	361
Valley View North Elementary School	0	361
Jimmy Carter Early College High School	0	358
L. B. Johnson Elementary School	0	358
Dr. Americo Paredes Elementary School	0	356
Horizon Montessori II	0	354
Horizon Montessori III	0	354
Pearson Elementary School	0	352
Castro Elementary School	0	351
Kennedy Elementary School	0	349
Idea Robindale College Preparatory	0	346
Idea Rise College Preparatory	0	343
Idea Sports Park Academy	0.3	343
Valley View South Elementary School	0	343
Idea Health Professions Academy	0.9	341
Idea Ingram Hills College Preparatory	0	341
Sam Fordyce Elementary School	0	337
Idea Rio Vista College Preparatory	0	335
Idea Burke College Preparatory	0.9	332
Progreso Early Childhood	0	332
Salinas Elementary School	0	332
Leo Junior Leo Elementary School	0	322
Dr. Alejo Salinas Junior Elementary School	0	321
Idea Parmer Park College Preparatory	0.3	319
Brewster Elementary School	0	310
Jorge R. Gutierrez Early Childhood Center	0	306
Monte Alto High School	0	306
Travis Elementary School	0	306
Idea Mesa Hills College Preparatory	0.3	302
Progreso Elementary School	0	302
Excellence in Leadership Academy	0	301
A. M. Ochoa Elementary School	0	300
Dorothy Thompson Middle School	0	297
Horizon Montessori - Pearland	0	293
Idea Achieve College Preparatory	0	293
Hidalgo Elementary School	0	292
J. W. Caceres Elementary School	0	292
Mission Early Learning	0	288
David Ybarra Fine Arts Academy	0	282
JC Kelly Elementary School	0	280
Rosendo Benavides Elementary School	0	280
Idea Najim College Preparatory	0	273
Eligio Kika De La Garza Elementary School	0	269
Hidalgo Park Elementary School	0	266
Idea Hardy College Preparatory	0	265
Idea Toros College Preparatory	0.4	264
M. Rivas Elementary School	0	260
Weslaco 21ST Century Cte Early College High School	0	258
Idea Health Professions College Preparatory	0	255
Idea Spears College Preparatory	0.4	254
Jose Bernabe Munoz Elementary School	0	240
Idea Edgecliff College Preparatory	0.4	239
Idea Sports Park College Preparatory	0	220
Jose Borrego Middle School	0	199
Idea Round Rock Tech College Preparatory	0	197
Idea Horizon Vista College Preparatory	0	194
Idea Converse College Preparatory	1	192
La Villa Early College High School	0	186
Idea Harlingen College Preparatory	0.6	180
3D Academy	0	168
Idea Palmview College Preparatory	0	153
Mercedes Early Literacy Program	0	152
Idea Hidden Meadow College Preparatory	0	149
Donna Early College High School	0	140
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito	0	137
La Villa Middle School	0	134
Triumph Public High Schools-McAllen	0	125
Triumph Public High Schools-Mercedes	0	112
Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville	0	111
Buell Central DAEP	0	90
Runn Virtual Learning Academy	0	80
Lamar Academy	0	76
Elvis Junior Ballew High School	0	66
South Palm Gardens High School	0	66
Mercedes Academic Academy	0	64
PSJA Sonia M. Sotomayor High School	0	61
Horton Disciplinary Alternative Education Program	0	48
Hope Academy	0	39
Edcouch-Elsa High School Academy	0	35
Instr/Guid Center	0	35
Juvenile Detention Center	0	33
Hidalgo Early Start Academy	0	29
Roosevelt Alternative School	0	24
Hidalgo County Boot Camp	0	10
JJAEP	0	10
JJAEP-Southwest Key Program	0	4