La Feria High School (LFHS) is a
public high school
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located in
La Feria
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Texas,
United States. It is the sole high school in the
La Feria Independent School District. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the
Texas Education Agency.
LFHS was said to have been
racially integrated
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first in 1957, making the class of 1959 the first integrated class in the state of Texas to graduate.
Athletics
The La Feria Lions compete in the following sports:
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross country
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Football
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Golf
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Powerlifting
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Soccer
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Softball
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Tennis
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Track and field
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Volleyball
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High schools in Cameron County, Texas
Public high schools in Texas