La Joya High School
La Joya High School is a Texas UIL Division 6A high school in the La Joya Independent School District named after the city it resides in, La Joya. The school is home to students that live on the west and south areas of La Joya ISD.
| La Joya High School | |
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| Address | |
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604 North Coyote Boulevard , 78560 | |
| Coordinates | 26.253452°N 98.472927°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, High School |
| Founded | 1941 |
| School district | La Joya ISD |
| School number | (956)-323-2870 |
| Principal | Antonio Cano |
| Staff | 189.13 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,898 (2018-19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.32[1] |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Coyote |
| Communities served | Sullivan City La Joya Peñitas Palmview |
| Feeder schools | Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School Cesar E. Chavez Middle School Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School Ann Richards Middle School |
| Sister schools | Palmview High School Juarez-Lincoln High School |
| Website | ljhs |
La Joya HS serves the cities of La Joya, Penitas, and Sullivan City, as well as the census-designated places of Abram, Cuevitas, Havana, and Los Ebanos. It also serves parts of the City of Palmview and parts of the census-designated places of Doffing, Palmview South, and Perezville.[2][3]
History
La Joya ISD had been home to a single high school entity since the district (then known as Tabasco ISD) erected Nellie Schunior Memorial High School in 1926, six years after the death of Nellie Leo Schunior, the first education pioneer in the district's current boundaries. La Joya High School was later created, in order to house the growing number of students that Nellie Schunior Memorial High School could not accommodate. As the years rapidly passed, the communities within the district boundaries began to flourish, and the district population exploded. La Joya High School, being the sole high school within the 226 square miles (590 km2) of land, grew to enormous proportions. For a long time, La Joya High School housed 9-12 grades. Eventually, the student population grew too much and a separate Ninth Grade Campus was built adjacent to La Joya High School. In 1993 over 3,000 students were enrolled at La Joya High School, and enrollment was sharply increasing throughout the La Joya Independent School District.[4]
References
- "LA JOYA H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Hidalgo County, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 2, 2018.
- "High School Zones 2017-2018 Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine." La Joya Independent School District. Retrieved on September 16, 2018.
- Garcia, James E. "Policy may force students out of district on border." Austin American-Statesman. Monday December 13, 1993. Final Edition, News p. A1. Retrieved on August 24, 2013. Available from NewsBank, Record Number AAS268701. "[...]and La Joya High School has topped 3,000 students."
