Weslaco East High School

Public school in Texas, United States

Weslaco East High School

Front doors of school

Location

810 S. Pleasantview Drive

Weslaco

Texas

78596

United States

Coordinates| 26°09′07″N 97°58′13″W﻿ / ﻿26.152048°N 97.97039°W﻿ / 26.152048; -97.97039
Information
School type| Public High School
Established| 2000
Superintendent| Dr. Richard Rivera
Principal| Dr.David Gamboa
Teaching staff| 128
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 1,987 (Fall 2019)[1]
Average class size| 30
Student to teacher ratio| 16:1
Campus| Large Suburb
Color(s)|
Black and White and purple
Slogan| Creating new visions; Reaching new horizons
Sports| Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Power-lifting, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Cheerleading, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
Mascot| Wildcat
Rival| Weslaco High School
Publication| Wildcat News
Website| www.wehs.wisd.us

The Weslaco East High School (established 2000) is a school in Weslaco, Texas, USA. It is the second high school to be established in Weslaco (after the Weslaco High School).[2] In the first year of the school, Weslaco East High School served only 9th and 10th grade students while Weslaco High School served 11th and 12th grade students.

In 2002, Weslaco East earned the TEA "Recognized School" rating for a Weslaco, Texas High School and for the two years after that.[3] Weslaco East then added an 11th grade class in the 2002-03 school year and a 12th grade class the following year and that same year, the Governor of Texas, Mr. Rick Perry, visit Weslaco East High School.[4]

In the school year of 2007-08 and also again in 2009-10, Weslaco East High School received a Silver Medal Rating from the U.S. News & World Report, and Weslaco East was marked as one of the Top High Schools in the United States.[5] In the school year of 2012, there were enough students enrolled in Weslaco East to be re-labeled as a ‘’5A‘’ school. The school was classified "6A" in the 2014 realignment.

Weslaco East High serves the following areas:[6][7] Much of Weslaco, the western portion of Mercedes, Llano Grande,[8] half of Olivarez,[9] and a section of the WISD portion of Mila Doce.[10]

## Clubs and organizations[edit]

There are a total of 29 clubs and organizations that are at Weslaco East High school.[11]

* Anime/ Manga Book Club
* Art Club
* Astronomy (Dead Star Society) Club
* AV Club
* Book Club
* BPA
* Cheerleading
* Computer Science Club
* Criminal Justice Club
* Dance Club
* D.Bowie/Si Club
* DECA
* Drama Club
* Environmental Club
* FCCLA- Gonzalez
* FCCLA- Sanchez
* FFA
* HOSA- Arambula
* HOSA- Garcia
* JROTC
* LEOS Club
* National Honor Society
* National Science Honor Society
* PEACE Club
* Ready Set Teach
* Science Club
* Skills USA
* Spanish Club
* Student Council
* UIL

## References[edit]

1. ^ "WESLACO EAST H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. ^ WEHS, About The School
3. ^ Texas Education Agency
4. ^ WEHS, About The School
5. ^ U.S. News & World Report, Most Connected Classrooms
6. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Hidalgo County, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
7. ^ "High School Attendance Zones." Weslaco Independent School District. Retrieved on July 11, 2017. Persons using Mozilla Firefox to directly view this file may encounter problems
8. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Llano Grande CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 11, 2017.
9. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Olivarez CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 11, 2017.
10. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mila Doce CDP, TX." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 11, 2017.
11. ^ WEHS, Organizations

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Weslaco Independent School District
* USNews

## See also[edit]

* Texas portal
* Schools portal

* Education in the United States

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Geographic|

* NCES