Accountability rating (2021-2022)

B

Harlingen CISD: B

Total students

1,995

Avg. teacher experience

11.4 years

Harlingen CISD: 11.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Four-year graduation rate

92.9 %

Harlingen CISD: 93.5%

Statewide: 90%

Harlingen High School is a high school in Harlingen, TX, in the Harlingen CISD school district. As of the 2021-2022 school year, it had 1,995 students. 47.5% of students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. 10.4% of students were enrolled in bilingual and English language learning programs.

The school received an accountability rating of B for the 2021-2022 school year.

In the Class of 2021, 92.9% of students received their high school diplomas on time or earlier. The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 was 2.3% during the 2020-2021 school year.

The average SAT score at Harlingen High School was 980 for 2020-2021 graduates. The average ACT score was 19.5.

As of the 2021-2022 school year, an average teacher's salary was $57,639, which is $1,248 less than the state average. On average, teachers had 11.4 years of experience.

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Contact information

Website

www.hcisd.org/hhs

Address

1201 E Marshall Ave
Harlingen, TX 78550-4399

Office phone number

(956) 427-3600

Principals

Higher Ed Outcomes

Students in Harlingen High School are part of the Texas Education Agency’s Region 01. Students who started eighth grade in 2011 in this region had a college graduation rate of 22.5 percent. View a more comprehensive breakdown of the higher education outcomes in Region 01.

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

Total students

1,995

African American

11 (0.6%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.4%

Statewide: 12.8%

American Indian

1 (0.1%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.3%

Statewide: 4.8%

Hispanic

1,857 (93.1%)

Harlingen CISD: 93.8%

Statewide: 52.8%

Pacific Islander

2 (0.1%)

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.2%

White

116 (5.8%)

Harlingen CISD: 4.9%

Statewide: 26.3%

Two or more races

8 (0.4%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.5%

Statewide: 2.9%

African American

0.6%

American Indian

0.1%

Asian

0%

Hispanic

93.1%

Pacific Islander

0.1%

White

5.8%

Two or more races

0.4%

Risk factors

A student is identified as being at risk of dropping out of school based on state-defined criteria. A student is defined as "economically disadvantaged" if he or she is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or other public assistance.

At-risk students

47.5 %

Harlingen CISD: 59.2%

Statewide: 53.5%

Economically disadvantaged

80.5 %

Harlingen CISD: 77%

Statewide: 60.7%

Limited English proficiency

10.4 %

Harlingen CISD: 15.2%

Statewide: 21.7%

At-risk students

47.5%

Econ. disadvantaged

80.5%

Limited Eng. proficiency

10.4%

Enrollment by program

A look at the percentage of students enrolled in certain programs offered at schools for the 2021-2022 school year. A student can be enrolled in more than one program.

Bilingual/ESL

10.4 %

Harlingen CISD: 18.5%

Statewide: 21.9%

Gifted and Talented

5.1 %

Harlingen CISD: 6.9%

Statewide: 8%

Special Education

13.5 %

Harlingen CISD: 11.7%

Statewide: 11.6%

Bilingual/ESL

10.4%

Gifted and talented

5.1%

Special education

13.5%

Academics

Accountability ratings

Texas assigns ratings to districts and campuses that designate their performance in relation to the state's accountability system.

A-F ratings for the 2022-2023 school year have not yet been released. Many school districts have sued the Texas Education Agency after the agency made changes to the way ratings would be calculated. The ratings won’t be released until the case is resolved.

Overall (2021-2022)

B

Harlingen CISD: B

Student achievement (2021-2022)

B

Harlingen CISD: B

School progress (2021-2022)

B

Harlingen CISD: A

Closing the gaps (2021-2022)

C

Harlingen CISD: B

The overall grades are based on three categories: student achievement (how well students perform academically), school progress (how well students perform over time and compared to students in similar schools) and closing the gaps (how well schools are boosting performance for subgroups such as students with special needs).

For a detailed explanation of this year’s accountability system, see the 2022 Accountability Manual.

Four-year graduation rates

The percentage of students who started ninth grade in 2017-2018 and received a high school diploma on time — by Aug. 31, 2021. Learn more about how four-year graduation rates are defined.

All students

92.9 %

Harlingen CISD: 93.5%

Statewide: 90%

African American

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 100%

Statewide: 86.3%

American Indian

Masked

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 87.4%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 96.7%

Hispanic

93 %

Harlingen CISD: 93.4%

Statewide: 88.1%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 88.3%

White

90.9 %

Harlingen CISD: 93.9%

Statewide: 93.8%

Two or more races

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 83.3%

Statewide: 90.8%

African American

Masked

American Indian

Masked

Asian

N/A

Hispanic

93.0%

Pacific Islander

Masked

White

90.9%

Two or more races

Masked

Dropout rates

The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 during the 2020-2021 school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by the number of students who were in attendance at any time during the school year.

All students

2.3 %

Harlingen CISD: 1.8%

Statewide: 2.4%

African American

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 3.5%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 3.1%

Asian

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.5%

Hispanic

2.4 %

Harlingen CISD: 1.9%

Statewide: 2.8%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 2.6%

White

1.4 %

Harlingen CISD: 1%

Statewide: 1.3%

Two or more races

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 2%

Chronic absenteeism

The chronic absenteeism rate for students during the 2020-2021 school year. It measures the number of students who were absent for at least ten percent of the school year.

All students

13.7 %

Harlingen CISD: 12.4%

Statewide: 15%

African American

12.5 %

Harlingen CISD: 13.8%

Statewide: 20.7%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 28.6%

Statewide: 16.4%

Asian

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 3.3%

Hispanic

14 %

Harlingen CISD: 12.6%

Statewide: 16.9%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 10%

Statewide: 17.9%

White

11.9 %

Harlingen CISD: 9.4%

Statewide: 10.7%

Two or more races

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 6.9%

Statewide: 13.9%

College readiness

AP/IB participation

The percentage of students in grades 11 and 12 taking at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam in any subject during the 2020-2021 school year.

All students

8.8 %

Harlingen CISD: 13.7%

Statewide: 21.1%

African American

14.3 %

Harlingen CISD: 8.3%

Statewide: 13%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 16.8%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 55.6%

Statewide: 55.4%

Hispanic

8.2 %

Harlingen CISD: 12.8%

Statewide: 18%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 17.9%

White

17 %

Harlingen CISD: 21.5%

Statewide: 24.3%

Two or more races

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 28.6%

Statewide: 23.5%

AP/IB performance

The percentage of test-taking students in grades 11 and 12 who passed at least one AP or IB exam in the 2020-2021 school year. A passing score on the AP exam is a 3, 4 or 5. On an IB exam, it is a 4, 5, 6 or 7.

All students

32.2 %

Harlingen CISD: 36.3%

Statewide: 48.6%

African American

Masked

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 29%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 52.8%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 40%

Statewide: 73.6%

Hispanic

30.7 %

Harlingen CISD: 34.4%

Statewide: 34.6%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 43.9%

White

43.8 %

Harlingen CISD: 47.6%

Statewide: 61.2%

Two or more races

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 60.8%

SAT

The average SAT score for students graduating in 2020-2021, with critical reading, writing and mathematics results combined. The maximum score is 2400. For the small percentage of students who took the redesigned SAT with a maximum score of 1600, their scores were converted to the equivalent scores on the previous SAT using College Board concordance tables.

Avg. SAT score

980

Harlingen CISD: 1015

Statewide: 1002

ACT

The average ACT composite score for students graduating in 2020-2021. The maximum score is 36.

Avg. ACT score

19.5

Harlingen CISD: 21.2

Statewide: 20.0

College-ready graduates

A graduate is considered college ready in Reading or Math if he or she has met or exceeded the college-ready criteria on the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) test, the SAT or the ACT test. These figures are for students graduating in 2020-2021.

Reading

53 %

Harlingen CISD: 58%

Statewide: 56.1%

Math

49.7 %

Harlingen CISD: 57%

Statewide: 45.7%

Reading + Math

40.5 %

Harlingen CISD: 48.3%

Statewide: 40.4%

Reading

53.0%

Math

49.7%

Reading + Math

40.5%

Staff

Teacher ethnicities

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) as of the 2021-2022 school year.

Total teacher FTEs

134.7

African American

1 (0.7%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.3%

Statewide: 11.2%

American Indian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 1.9%

Hispanic

117.7 (87.4%)

Harlingen CISD: 85.5%

Statewide: 28.9%

Pacific Islander

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.1%

White

16 (11.9%)

Harlingen CISD: 13.6%

Statewide: 56.4%

Two or more races

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.3%

Statewide: 1.2%

Highest degree held by teachers

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent.

No degree

10.6 (7.9%)

Harlingen CISD: 2.8%

Statewide: 1.4%

Bachelor's

96.7 (71.8%)

Harlingen CISD: 71.5%

Statewide: 72.6%

Master's

27.4 (20.3%)

Harlingen CISD: 25.1%

Statewide: 25.2%

Doctorate

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.6%

Statewide: 0.8%

Students per teacher

The total number of students divided by the total full-time equivalent count of teachers for 2021-2022.

Students per teacher

14.8

Harlingen CISD: 14.2

Statewide: 14.6

Teacher experience

This figure for the 2021-2022 school year refers to tenure — the number of years a teacher has been employed in any district, whether or not there was an interruption in service.

Avg. teacher experience

11.4 years

Harlingen CISD: 11.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Teacher salaries

The average salaries listed here are for regular duties only and do not include supplemental pay. For teachers who also have nonteaching roles, only the portion of time and pay dedicated to classroom responsibilities is factored into the calculation.

Base average

$57,639

Harlingen CISD: $57,342

Statewide: $58,887

Beginner

$53,338

Harlingen CISD: $52,878

Statewide: $51,054

1 to 5 years

$53,092

Harlingen CISD: $53,199

Statewide: $54,577

6 to 10 years

$54,768

Harlingen CISD: $55,125

Statewide: $57,746

11 to 20 years

$59,358

Harlingen CISD: $58,213

Statewide: $61,377

21 to 30 years

$63,912

Harlingen CISD: $63,757

Statewide: $65,949

30+ years

$74,861

Harlingen CISD: $71,489

Statewide: $71,111

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