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What's the vibe like in the hallways at CARLOS TRUAN J H right now?
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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD·NCES 481806005980
Carlos F Truan Junior High School
700 E CIRO CACERES, ELSA, TX 78543 · (956) 262-6082 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
12.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
530 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 7 | 290 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 50% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 17.0% | 24.0% | 53.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Carlos F Truan Junior High School
Carlos F Truan Junior High School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos F Truan Junior High School this school | 584 | 90.8% | 27.7% |
| San Benito Riverside Middle School SAN BENITO | 558 | 90.1% | 37.5% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School LA JOYA | 545 | 91.0% | 41.4% |
| A P Solis Middle School DONNA | 646 | 91.3% | 54.5% |
| Brentwood Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 602 | 91.4% | 20.0% |
| Los Obispos Middle School LAREDO | 620 | 92.9% | 51.5% |
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 Carlos F Truan Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,457 of 1,635 | #53 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,577 of 1,670 ▲ 12 | #53 of 54 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,420 of 1,670 ▲ 23 | #50 of 54 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #949 of 1,570 | #39 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #956 of 1,749 | #38 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #297 of 1,542 | #25 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #1,535 of 1,543 | #47 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #227 of 1,648 | #27 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #25 of 942 | #1 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
584
-105 (-15%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 584 | 45.7 | 12.8:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 47.7 | 12.4:1 | 92% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 45.9 | 13.6:1 | 93% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 89% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 1,074 | 62.8 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,070) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 99% (727) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,055 | 55 | 19.2:1 | 63% (662) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 36 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlos F Truan Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (1,074 to 584); teachers down 27% (62.8 to 45.7).
About Carlos F Truan Junior High School
Carlos F Truan Junior High School is a middle-grades school in ELSA, Texas, and it is part of EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. The student body numbers 584 students, from grades 7 through 8.
District-wide, EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD has 9 schools and 4,349 students.
Carlos F Truan Junior High School's enrollment is 100% Hispanic. Hidalgo County as a whole is about 92% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Carlos F Truan Junior High School's diversity index is 0%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1 at Carlos F Truan Junior High School, with 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 91%.
allk12 grades Carlos F Truan Junior High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Carlos F Truan Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 34.9%. Carlos F Truan Junior High School scores 27.7%, 7.2 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Carlos F Truan Junior High School is one of 364 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Edcouch-Elsa High School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.0%; Carlos F Truan Junior High School's is 27.7%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment decrease, from 689 in 2020-21 to 584 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.7:1 to 12.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD
- Edcouch-Elsa High SchoolHigh · 1,309 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Ruben C Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood CenterElementary · 454 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Santiago Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
Other schools in ELSA
- Edcouch-Elsa High SchoolHigh · 1,309 students
- IDEA Elsa College PreparatoryHigh · 737 students
- IDEA Elsa AcademyElementary · 718 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Edcouch-Elsa H S AcademyHigh · 70 students
Nearby schools
- Edcouch-Elsa High School0.3 mi · 1,309
- Edcouch-Elsa H S Academy0.4 mi · 70
- Ruben C Rodriguez Elementary School0.6 mi · 457
- Lyndon B Johnson Elementary School0.6 mi · 470
- Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 454
- IDEA Elsa Academy0.8 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Carlos F Truan Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carlos F Truan Junior High School?
Carlos F Truan Junior High School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Carlos F Truan Junior High School serve?
Carlos F Truan Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carlos F Truan Junior High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Carlos F Truan Junior High School.
How diverse is Carlos F Truan Junior High School?
Carlos F Truan Junior High School reports a student body of 100% Hispanic.
What district is Carlos F Truan Junior High School in?
Carlos F Truan Junior High School is part of EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.