La Joya High School

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La Joya High School
Address
La Joya High School
604 North Coyote Boulevard

La Joya
,
Texas
78560

United States
Coordinates 26°15′12″N98°28′23″W / 26.253452°N 98.472927°W / 26.253452; -98.472927
Information
School type Public, High School
Founded1941
School district La Joya ISD
School number(956)-323-2870
PrincipalRicardo Estrada [1]
Staff189.13 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,898 (2018-19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.32 [2]
Language English
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Red and White   
Mascot Coyote
Communities served Sullivan City
La Joya
Peñitas
Palmview
Feeder schoolsLorenzo 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.lajoyaisd.com

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.

Contents

La Joya HS serves the cities of La Joya, Peñitas, 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. [3] [4]

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.[ citation needed ] 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. [5]

Alma mater

Down by the Rio Grande is a school that helps us stand through it we learn to love, honor, and obey.

We try to bring glory to our alma mater ever true. we praise the school that we love so well, dear old La Joya High.


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References

  1. ↑ "La Joya High School". La Joya High School. La Joya High School. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "LA JOYA H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Hidalgo County, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "High School Zones 2017-2018 Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine ." La Joya Independent School District. Retrieved on September 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ 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."
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