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Enrollment
833
Middle
DISTRICT 729 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486003908
Austin Middle School
804 S STEWART RD, SAN JUAN, TX 78589 · (956) 354-2570 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
752 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 | 272 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 269 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 35% |
Student demographics
4%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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Austin Middle School
Austin Middle School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Middle School this school | 833 | 90.3% | 47.8% |
| Mary Hoge Middle School WESLACO | 830 | 90.8% | 36.3% |
| Roma Middle School ROMA | 776 | 90.2% | 50.0% |
| Ricardo Molina Middle School LAREDO | 769 | 90.4% | 49.0% |
| Harlandale Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 89.2% | 28.2% |
| Stell Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 733 | 91.7% | 38.0% |
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 Austin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #583 of 1,635 | #12 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #536 of 1,670 ▼ 8 | #11 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #666 of 1,670 ▲ 135 | #17 of 54 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #458 of 1,570 | #9 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #505 of 1,749 | #11 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #189 of 1,542 | #18 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.2% | #1,454 of 1,543 | #17 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #241 of 1,648 | #28 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #572 of 942 | #28 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
833
-243 (-23%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,077
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 833 | 68.8 | 12.1:1 | 90% (752) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 70.1 | 12.4:1 | 88% (763) |
| 2022-23 | 951 | 71.5 | 13.3:1 | 85% (811) |
| 2020-21 | 1,076 | 70 | 15.4:1 | 83% (896) |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 58.7 | 16.1:1 | 88% (834) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 83% (711) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 67 | 13.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 63 | 13.6:1 | 69% (593) |
| 1990-91 | 1,077 | 73 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (944 to 833); teachers up 17% (58.7 to 68.8).
About Austin Middle School
Austin Middle School is a middle-grades school in SAN JUAN, Texas, according to federal school records. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 833 students. The school's enrollment is 30% larger than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Austin Middle School is part of a district of 44 schools: PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, with 29,749 students.
Austin Middle School enrolls a student body that is 98% Hispanic. Austin Middle School has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.1:1, with 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Austin Middle School is 90%.
allk12 grades Austin Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Austin Middle School, the prediction is 35.1% and the result is 47.8%.
Across Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The public schools of Hidalgo County number 364 and enroll about 212,859.
The school nearest to Austin Middle School is Alfred Sorensen Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Austin Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
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.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 23%, from 1,076 to 833. Students per teacher fell from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 12.1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Austin Middle School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
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Other schools in SAN JUAN
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San JuanHigh · 741 students
- R Yzaguirre Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- IDEA Academy San JuanElementary · 617 students
- Arnoldo Cantu Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
Other Austin Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Austin Middle. Austin Middle School is the largest of the 6.
- Austin Middle SchoolIRVING, TX · 716 students
- Austin Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 708 students
- Austin Middle SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 392 students
- Austin Middle SchoolDecatur, AL · 727 students
- Austin Middle SchoolAustin, IN · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Alfred Sorensen Elementary School0.3 mi · 583
- Vida N Clover Elementary School0.6 mi · 378
- Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School0.7 mi · 686
- Texasworks - San Juan0.7 mi · 9
- Premier H S of San Juan0.7 mi · 108
- Psja Alamo Building Blocks Academy1.0 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Middle SchoolHow many students attend Austin Middle School?
Austin Middle School enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Austin Middle School serve?
Austin Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Austin Middle School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Austin Middle School.
How diverse is Austin Middle School?
Austin Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Austin Middle School?
Austin Middle School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.