AUSTIN MIDDLE

As a mid-sized intermediate school in SAN JUAN, Texas, AUSTIN MIDDLE teaches 833 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 643.

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

In terms of who attends, AUSTIN MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AUSTIN MIDDLE has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting AUSTIN MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at AUSTIN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, AUSTIN MIDDLE ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.5%; AUSTIN MIDDLE posts 48.8%, +14.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which AUSTIN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALFRED SORENSEN EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUSTIN MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN MIDDLE has shrank 12%, going from 944 students in 2018 to 833 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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