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Pharr San Juan Alamo North High School

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Principal
  
Liza Diaz

Mascot
  
Raider

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Website
  
PSJA North High School

Color
  
Black & silver

School type
  
State school


District
  
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District

Headquarters
  
Pharr, Texas, United States

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North Early College High School is a public school in Pharr, Texas (United States). It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District and is one of the district's six high schools.

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Located at 500 E. Nolana Loop, the school serves students in grades nine through twelve.

Student demographics

As of the 2005-2006 school year, PSJA North had a total of 2,209 students (98.2% Hispanic, 1.4% White, 0.3% African American, and less than 0.1% Asian/Pacific Islander). 86.6% of the students are considered economically disadvantaged.

Attendance area and feeder patterns

The school's attendance boundary includes most of Pharr and sections of McAllen.

Feeder elementary schools include Arnold, Ford, Kelly-Pharr, Dr. Long, Longoria, Palmer, and Ramirez. Feeder middle schools include Lyndon B. Johnson and Liberty.

National recognition

PSJA North High School was one of the three recipients of the College Board's Inspiration Award in 2011. Former principal Narciso Garcia, several teachers, and two seniors represented the school at the College Board's annual forum in New York on October 2011. The two seniors gave short speeches in front of over 2000 educators from across the nation.

2007-08 accountability rating

Based on the accountability ratings released by the Texas Education Agency on August 1, 2008, PSJA North is currently rated "Academically Acceptable".

References

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School Wikipedia