Your Early College High School…
Where other schools focus on college preparation, our students are college students.
Through our partnership with Palo Alto College, our Frank L. Madla Early College High School offers a college immersion program where students are embedded in college courses with other college students. Each student earns their Distinguished High School Diploma and their Associate’s Degree.
Empowering Students Everyday…
1,063
Number of college credit hours earned by students
$250,000+
Saved by families of FLMECHS students
3.3
Average GPA
57%
Students took 6 hours Spring 2015
100%
Passed college course(s)
83%
Passed English I STAAR End-of-Course
83%
Passed Algebra 1 STAAR End-of-Course
100%
Passed Biology STAAR End-of-Course
Our students succeed and scored above the State & Region 20 average scores!
Download the Frank L. Madla ECHS Results and see for yourself how our students scored above the State and Region in English I EOC and Biology, and above the Region in Algebra I.
[STAAR is the The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. Find out more…]
Your student’s college education begins at FLMECHS.
Our Objectives are to:
Create a means to higher education for first-generation college-going students.
Provide opportunity for students to earn an associate’s degree at no cost.
Immerse students in Palo Alto’s college setting and provide intense academic counseling to develop skills essential for postsecondary success.
Increase college attendance and success rates for all students.
Strengthen the connections between middle schools, high schools, and higher education to promote a statewide college-going culture.
Key Elements:
Early College High Schools’ limited class sizes to provide highly personalized attention and encourage the development of lasting peer and teacher relationships.
Early College High School campuses foster a college-going culture where the majority of students are traditionally under-represented or low-performing.
A blended high school and college curriculum exposes students to all education disciplines with a special emphasis on science, math, engineering, healthcare, biotechnology and technology.
Professional development training for ECHS teachers focuses on creating an academic culture that enables struggling learners to achieve success in college courses on the accelerated timeline of an early college high school.
