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| Mission High School | |
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| Location | |
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1802 Cleo Dawson , 78572 United States | |
| Coordinates | 26°13′23″N98°19′46″W / 26.22306°N 98.32944°W /26.22306; -98.32944 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1920s |
| Principal | Colt Mejia |
| Faculty | 169.64 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,209 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.02[1] |
| Colors | Maroon White |
| Nickname | Bald Eagles |
| Website | School website |
Mission High School is a secondary school located inMission, Texas. It is a part of theMission Consolidated Independent School District.
It serves sections of Mission,Palmhurst, andAlton, as well as the Mission CISD portion of theunincorporated area ofWest 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 ofVeterans Memorial High School.
Mission High students were victims of the September 21, 1989Alton, 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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