ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE

ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE, a moderately sized junior high in MISSION, Texas, operated by LA JOYA ISD, serves 665 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

LA JOYA ISD comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 22,942 students; ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.3%; actual is 51.6%, +18.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: CESAR CHAVEZ MIDDLE, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 824 (now 665). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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