Early College High School (Laredo, Texas)

The Early College High School is located in Laredo, Texas. It is one of the four high schools under the Laredo Independent School District. It was established in August 2006 and was first situated in portable buildings that shared grounds with Texas A&M International University. The first graduating class was the Class of 2010. In 2012, the portable buildings were replaced with a new edifice that is two stories tall with two sets of stairs and elevator accessibility on each floor. It has a student population of approximately 400 students. This school is currently ranked #72 in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Academics

Laredo Early College High School at TAMIU currently offers 3 AP courses:

Most of the high school pupils in this school take pre-AP and college-level courses. This school is required to administer the STAAR EOCs to its students. One student earned a perfect score in the English II EOC.

Extracurricular activities

Laredo Early College High School has participated in many UIL invitational meets as well as the regional and state meets; it probably became a full-fledged member in the 2010-2011 school year. The school currently has UIL coaches for Ready Writing, Social Studies, Science, Spelling & Vocabulary, Calculator Applications, Number Sense, Current Issues & Events, Cross Examination Debate, Mathematics, Young Filmmakers & Literary Criticism.

In addition, the UIL Social Studies team was the first Wild Card team in 2014. In 2015, the team made another record in which two students placed third and sixth. In 2016, the team also made another record in which one student was the district champion and the other placed third; the team lost the district champion team title to San Antonio's Southside High School (back-to-back champions) by 7 points. Furthermore, one UIL Social Studies team member became the first student in his school to be a top six medalist in a region meet and qualify for the state meet in the 2016 Conference 5A Region 4 meet; he is also the first student to finish as a top six medalist in State.

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    Coordinates: 27°34′23.7″N 99°26′21.2″W / 27.573250°N 99.439222°W / 27.573250; -99.439222


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