Premont Collegiate High School, formerly known as Premont Secondary School, is a public high school located in Premont, Texas, and classified as a 2A school by the University Interscholastic League. It is part of the Premont Independent School District.
| Premont Collegiate High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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400 South Elaine Street , 78375-1302 United States | |
| Coordinates | 27°21′13″N 98°07′57″W / 27.353533°N 98.132477°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Established | 1971[1] |
| School district | Premont Independent School District |
| Principal | Claudett Garcia |
| Teaching staff | 28.69 (on an FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 6th-12th |
| Enrollment | 359 (2023-2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.51[2] |
| Color | Red & Black |
| Athletics | UIL Class AA |
| Mascot | Cowboy/Cowgirl |
| Yearbook | The Round-Up |
| Website | pchs |
Athletics
editFootball and other sports were suspended by the district in 2012 due to low academic ratings.[3] All sports have returned.[as of?]
Boys cross country state titles (5)[4]
- 1998(2A), 1999(2A), 2000(2A), 2001(2A), 2002(2A)
Notable alumni
edit- José Manuel Lozano (1998),[5] member of the Texas House of Representatives.
- Teresa Lozano Long (1945),[6] philanthropist. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2019.
References
edit- ^ Gibson, Michael (April 2, 2021). "Premont ISD asking voters to pass $4.1 million school bond". KIII.
- ^ a b c "Premont Collegiate H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ "Texas School Cancels Sports To Focus On Academics". CBS 11 Dallas Fort Worth. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ UIL Boys Cross Country Archives Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Smith, Morgan (April 7, 2012). "Rural District Is Struggling to Make Improvements". The New York Times.
"This is a fight that's going to replay itself until school finance is done," said State Representative J. M. Lozano, Republican of Kingsville, who graduated from Premont High in 1998. "More rural communities are going to go through the same thing because they just can't pass those exams."
- ^ "Teresa Lozano Long, Ed.D." Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Texas Woman's University. October 9, 2019.
