CENTRAL MIDDLE

CENTRAL MIDDLE, a well-populated intermediate school in WESLACO, Texas, part of WESLACO ISD, works with 1,060 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

WESLACO ISD runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 16,300 students. CENTRAL MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CENTRAL MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school records 3% White.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

With demographic context factored in, CENTRAL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 CENTRAL MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is ARMANDO CUELLAR MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

CENTRAL MIDDLE operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CENTRAL MIDDLE's enrollment has expanded 21% since 2018, when it stood at 879 (now 1,060). Class-load math has widened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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