COAKLEY MIDDLE

COAKLEY MIDDLE, a mid-sized middle school in HARLINGEN, Texas, operated by HARLINGEN CISD, teaches 687 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

HARLINGEN CISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 17,506 students; COAKLEY MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, COAKLEY MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, COAKLEY MIDDLE has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COAKLEY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 31.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cameron County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), COAKLEY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HOUSTON EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COAKLEY MIDDLE comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COAKLEY MIDDLE has ticked down 7%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 687 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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