BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE

BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in WESLACO, Texas, run under WESLACO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 919 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE is one of 20 schools operated by WESLACO ISD, a district that serves 16,300 students overall.

On demographics, BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 2% White.

Looking at school resources, BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: HORIZON MONTESSORI II - STEM ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE has decreased 15%, going from 1,087 students in 2018 to 919 in 2025.

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