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What's the most underrated thing about CAVAZOS MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010895
Cavazos Middle School
210 N UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX 79415 · (806) 219-3200 · Lubbock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
368 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 36% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Cavazos Middle School
Cavazos Middle School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavazos Middle School this school | 384 | 95.8% | 36.1% |
| West Oso Junior High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 391 | 95.9% | 30.7% |
| Navarro Middle School HOUSTON | 400 | 97.8% | 31.1% |
| KIPP Austin Beacon Prep AUSTIN | 393 | 92.9% | 20.2% |
| KIPP Camino Academy SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 94.4% | 28.2% |
| Edgar Allan Poe STEM Dual Language Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 95.4% | 16.6% |
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 Cavazos Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,122 of 1,635 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,257 of 1,670 ▼ 288 | #13 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,456 of 1,670 ▼ 179 | #16 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #857 of 1,570 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,292 of 1,749 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #360 of 1,542 | #12 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #1,282 of 1,543 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #93 of 1,648 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.9% | #99 of 942 | #2 of 13 |
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
384
-145 (-27%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 384 | 29.3 | 13.1:1 | 96% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 35.2 | 11.3:1 | 98% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 38.4 | 12.5:1 | 97% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 47 | 11.3:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 46.6 | 12.5:1 | 98% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 84% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 88% (555) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cavazos Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (581 to 384); teachers down 37% (46.6 to 29.3).
About Cavazos Middle School
Cavazos Middle School operates as a small middle school in LUBBOCK, Texas. The school's 384 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 40% lower than the average for middle schools in Texas, which is about 643.
LUBBOCK ISD is responsible for 49 schools, Cavazos Middle School included, with 24,237 students in all.
About 88% of the student body at Cavazos Middle School is Hispanic. Other students are 8% Black and 3% White. By comparison, Lubbock County residents are about 36% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Cavazos Middle School total 29.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school counts 368 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 96%. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County, the school's rate is higher.
Cavazos Middle School is 3.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.1% versus 32.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Cavazos Middle School is located in Lubbock County, where the median household income is $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Cavazos Middle School, Lubbock County has 109 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, McWhorter Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Cavazos Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 36.1% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 145 students since 2020-21, to 384. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.1:1, from 11.3:1.
Discussions about Cavazos Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- McWhorter Elementary School0.4 mi · 527
- Carmona-Harrison Elementary School0.6 mi · 578
- Ramirez Elementary School0.9 mi · 470
- Wolffarth Elementary School1.0 mi · 282
- Lubbock Co J J Alternative Education Program1.4 mi · 8
- Lubbock Co Juvenile Justice Center1.4 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Cavazos Middle SchoolHow many students attend Cavazos Middle School?
Cavazos Middle School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cavazos Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cavazos Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cavazos Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cavazos Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cavazos Middle School?
At Cavazos Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Cavazos Middle School public or private?
Cavazos Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.