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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
665
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613008294
ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE
7005 ANN RICHARDS RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2860 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
618 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
665
-159 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.8:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
100%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA JOYA ISD
- LA JOYA H SHigh · 2,405 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA ELElementary · 715 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELElementary · 676 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLEMiddle · 663 students
Other schools in MISSION
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- SHARYLAND H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- CESAR CHAVEZ MIDDLE1.2 mi · 625
- HENRY B GONZALEZ EL1.2 mi · 391
- GUILLERMO FLORES EL1.2 mi · 452
- LEO J LEO EL1.3 mi · 319
- PREMIER H S OF PALMVIEW1.7 mi · 108
- PATRICIO PEREZ EL2.0 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About ANN RICHARDS MIDDLEHow many students attend ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE?
ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE serve?
ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE is approximately 16.4:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE?
At ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
What district is ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE in?
ANN RICHARDS MIDDLE is part of LA JOYA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.