AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE

Set in ALAMO, Texas, AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE is a mid-tier intermediate school, overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. It educates 790 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,749 students. AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

After controlling for student poverty, AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 48.1%, a residual of +16.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AUGUSTO GUERRA EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 891 (now 790). Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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