HECTOR J GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE H S
LAREDO · TX · LAREDO ISD · Public
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO → TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO NORTH → PREMIER H S OF LAREDO → TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO SOUTH → DR LEO CIGARROA H S → SANTA GERTRUDIS ACADEMY H S → MATHIS H S → FALFURRIAS H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 5 physics · 12 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 61th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HECTOR J GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE H S compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 2 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO, TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO NORTH, PREMIER H S OF LAREDO and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
59th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2161th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 392 students:
≈ 18 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,149 per student in district revenue, the 18 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $254,682/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO LAREDO |
Public · charter | 4.4 | 671 | +8.2% |
| TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO NORTH LAREDO |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 131 | +19.1% |
| PREMIER H S OF LAREDO LAREDO |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 138 | +26.6% |
| TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO SOUTH LAREDO |
Public · charter | 8.8 | 129 | +79.2% |
| DR LEO CIGARROA H S LAREDO |
Public | 6.8 | 1,379 | -7.5% |
| SANTA GERTRUDIS ACADEMY H S KINGSVILLE |
Public | 95.4 | 393 | +4.8% |
| MATHIS H S MATHIS |
Public | 105.5 | 408 | -5.1% |
| FALFURRIAS H S FALFURRIAS |
Public | 82.2 | 370 | -9.1% |