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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 729 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486012596
Audie Murphy Middle School
924 W SIOUX RD, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 354-2530 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
768 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 286 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 252 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 32% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 15 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 →
Schools most like Audie Murphy Middle School
Audie Murphy Middle School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audie Murphy Middle School this school | 790 | 97.2% | 47.6% |
| Faulk Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 885 | 96.3% | 43.6% |
| R Yzaguirre Middle School SAN JUAN | 736 | 95.1% | 39.6% |
| Veterans Middle School DONNA | 866 | 95.4% | 36.8% |
| Veterans Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 734 | 95.1% | 41.6% |
| Memorial Middle School LAREDO | 679 | 97.6% | 46.0% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Audie Murphy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #595 of 1,635 | #13 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #653 of 1,670 ▼ 75 | #18 of 54 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #577 of 1,670 ▲ 305 | #13 of 54 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #563 of 1,570 | #15 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #575 of 1,749 | #19 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #290 of 1,542 | #23 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #1,507 of 1,543 | #34 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #61 of 1,648 | #9 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #589 of 942 | #31 of 44 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
790
-32 (-4%) vs 2020
+303% since 2010-11, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 790 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 97% (768) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 65.4 | 11.6:1 | 94% (714) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 65.9 | 11.9:1 | 95% (749) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 66 | 12.4:1 | 95% (782) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 62.2 | 14.3:1 | 92% (824) |
| 2015-16 | 939 | 60 | 15.7:1 | 89% (840) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 17 | 11.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audie Murphy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (891 to 790); teachers unchanged (62.2 to 62).
About Audie Murphy Middle School
Audie Murphy Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in ALAMO, Texas. Federal data show 790 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 23% above average.
Audie Murphy Middle School reports to PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, which has 44 schools and 29,749 students.
Of every 100 students at Audie Murphy Middle School, about 99 are Hispanic. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at Audie Murphy Middle School are from different groups.
There are about 12.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Audie Murphy Middle School, which has 62. The school's 12.7:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. The 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 12 points lower.
Audie Murphy Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 32.2%, so the school is 15.4 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
For Hidalgo County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 364 public schools and about 212,859 students.
Augusto Guerra Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Audie Murphy Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Audie Murphy Middle School at 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 822 to 790.
People who know Audie Murphy Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in ALAMO
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vanguard MozartCombined · 1,236 students
- IDEA College Preparatory AlamoHigh · 737 students
- Augusto Guerra Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
- John McKeever Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- IDEA Academy AlamoElementary · 698 students
Other Audie Murphy Middle schools
One other US public school is named Audie Murphy Middle. Audie Murphy Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Audie Murphy Middle SchoolFORT CAVAZOS, TX · 768 students
Nearby schools
- Augusto Guerra Elementary School0.7 mi · 731
- IDEA College Preparatory Alamo1.1 mi · 737
- IDEA Academy Alamo1.1 mi · 698
- Santos Livas Elementary School1.2 mi · 515
- Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School1.5 mi · 401
- R Yzaguirre Middle School1.7 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Audie Murphy Middle SchoolHow many students attend Audie Murphy Middle School?
Audie Murphy Middle School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 06-08.
Is Audie Murphy Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Audie Murphy Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Audie Murphy Middle School have?
Audie Murphy Middle School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Audie Murphy Middle School?
Audie Murphy Middle School reports a student body of 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Audie Murphy Middle School?
Audie Murphy Middle School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
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