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La Joya ISD reports mixed high-school readiness results, sets enrollment window Jan. 12–Feb. 6

La Joya Independent School District Board of Trustees · January 8, 2026
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Summary

District staff reported TSI college-readiness is slightly below target (26% vs. 31%), associate-degree progress is on track, freshmen-on-track is narrowly on target, and the district is launching an enrollment and transfer window from Jan. 12 to Feb. 6 to address a decade-long 27% enrollment decline.

Dr. Derek Little presented the Lone Star governance GPMs for La Joya ISD’s high schools on Jan. 9, reporting mixed results across college-readiness and completion measures and outlining a coordinated enrollment and transfer timeline to improve planning for staffing and budgets.

"We're sitting right now at 26, and our target for the year is 31," Dr. Little said of the district's TSI measure of students passing both reading and math college-readiness exams, calling that indicator "slightly off track." He described targeted summer and in-year supports (after-school programs, camps, and content interventions) to raise…

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