Jubilee Harlingen, Harlingen TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Jubilee Harlingen

Jubilee Harlingen is a charter school in south Texas serving prekindergarten through ninth grade. It is one school within the Jubilee Academies charter network. The enrollment is small, with most grades running in the low to mid forties. About four-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller populations of White, Asian, and American Indian students.

The school's academic performance shows uneven results across subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from lower in third and seventh grades to stronger in fourth and fifth grades. Math performance is more variable: fourth grade shows notably stronger proficiency, while third, fifth, sixth, and eighth grades cluster in the low to mid forties. Science and social studies are areas of concern. In fifth-grade science, proficiency is quite low, and eighth-grade social studies proficiency is especially weak. When looking at Texas assessment data across all tested grades and subjects together, the school's overall proficiency sits in the top quartile relative to other districts in Cameron County, though this reflects the relatively modest performance baseline across the county rather than exceptionally strong outcomes in isolation.

The school's performance pattern suggests uneven strength by grade level and subject. A parent might want to explore with the school why fourth-grade math is substantially higher than adjacent grades, and what the school's approach is to science and social studies instruction, where results lag furthest. Neither graduation rate data nor chronic absenteeism data were available, because the school does not serve grades high enough to report graduation outcomes and these absence metrics were not provided.

Harlingen's economy centers on healthcare, education, telecommunications, and growing aerospace sectors including rocket component manufacturing. Housing costs are below the state median, and rental rates are moderate. The city sits in the Rio Grande Valley in Cameron County and serves a bilingual region with deep ties to Mexico.

Jubilee Harlingen's charter status means it operates independently of traditional district governance. The school's small enrollment in the primary and middle grades may appeal to families seeking a smaller environment, though parents should understand that the school ends at ninth grade and students transition elsewhere for high school. The combination of charter autonomy, elementary-through-early-secondary scope, low-income student population, and mixed academic results across grades means this school functions as a particular pathway rather than a universally strong option. Prospective families should have a clear conversation with school leadership about curriculum design in weaker subject areas and progression policies for students moving into secondary schooling.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 15% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 35% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 13% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 21% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 35% · ▲ 7 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 37% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 36% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 20% · ▲ 42 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 40% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 46% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 20% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 18% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolJUBILEE ACADEMIES, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income44%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income100%50 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income91%43 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income67%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income33%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income34%Higher-income50%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income67%Higher-income86%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income64%23 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income41%Higher-income56%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income17%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income44%3 pp gap