Simon Rivera Early College High School

{{Short description|Public school in Texas, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox school

| name = Simon Rivera Early College High School

| motto = Once a Raider always a Raider

| type = Public

| schooltype = high school

| district = Brownsville Independent School District

| grades = 9-12

| principal = Obed Leal

| enrollment = 2,185 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=481168006517|title=Rivera Early College H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 3, 2025}}

| established = 1988

| colors = {{color box|red}} {{color box|black}} Red & Black

| conference = UIL Class AAAAA

| mascot = Raider

| teaching_staff = 141.40 (FTE)

| ratio = 15.45

| streetaddress = 6955 FM 802

| city = Brownsville

| state = Texas

| zipcode = 78521

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|25.93979|-97.41615|type:edu_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}

| homepage = {{URL2|https://riveraechs.bisd.us}}

}}

Simon Rivera High School is a public high school in Brownsville, Texas (USA). It is one of six high schools operated by the Brownsville Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.{{cite web |title=TEA |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=031901004&prgopt=reports%2Fsrc%2Fsrc.sas |publisher=Texas Education Agency |access-date=10 April 2024}}

It opened in 1988 and consisted of two grade levels, ninth and tenth grade. Each year another grade level was added. Its first graduating class was in 1991. The school was named for Simon Rivera Jr., a long-time principal at Brownsville's Central Intermediate School.{{Cite web|title=History - Rivera Early College High School|url=https://riveraechs.bisd.us/about-us/history|access-date=2022-01-11|website=riveraechs.bisd.us|language=en-US}}