BROWN MIDDLE

BROWN MIDDLE is one of the average-sized junior highs in MCALLEN, Texas, one of the schools within MCALLEN ISD, with 580 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

MCALLEN ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 19,890 students; BROWN MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, BROWN MIDDLE shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BROWN MIDDLE has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at BROWN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROWN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which BROWN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: ESCANDON EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROWN MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. BROWN MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 727 (now 580).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.