Mission High School (Mission, Texas)

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Mission High School
Address
Mission High School (Mission, Texas)
1802 Cleo Dawson

Mission
,
Texas
78572

United States
Coordinates 26°13′23″N98°19′46″W / 26.22306°N 98.32944°W / 26.22306; -98.32944
Information
Type Public
Opened1920s
PrincipalJose Mejia
Faculty169.64 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment2,209 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.02 [1]
Color(s) Maroon
 White
Nickname Bald Eagles
Website School website

Mission High School is a secondary school located in Mission, Texas. It is a part of the Mission Consolidated Independent School District.

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It serves sections of Mission, Palmhurst, and Alton, as well as the Mission CISD portion of the unincorporated area of West Sharyland. [2] [3]

For many years, Mission High School was the city's only high school. As of 2011, it competed in the 5-A Texas classification was home to some 2,200 students. At its peak, it was home to over 4,000 students before MCISD split the Mission High School attendance zone into two, with the addition of Veterans Memorial High School.

Mission High students were victims of the September 21, 1989 Alton, Texas bus crash; the students' school bus, also carrying students to Mission Junior High, fell into a caliche pit after a collision with a truck, causing 21 deaths. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "MISSION H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Hidalgo County, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mission CISD School Zones." Mission Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on August 2, 2018. See HTML version. Junior high boundaries are determined by the elementary school zoning, with some optional exceptions, while high school boundaries are described by text.
  4. ↑ Williams, Joel (1989-10-01). "Fatal Bus Accident Shakes Community // Residents Struggle With Tragedy". Tulsa World . Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  5. ↑ St. John, Bob (September 20, 2000). "At Mission High, A Star is Unleashed". The Dallas Morning News .
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