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Enrollment
895
Middle
DISTRICT 807 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEL VALLE ISD·NCES 481662001425
Del Valle Middle School
5500 ROSS RD, DEL VALLE, TX 78617 · (512) 386-3400 · Travis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL895 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
772 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 274 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 36% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 16.0% | 30.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Del Valle Middle School
Del Valle Middle School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Valle Middle School this school | 895 | 86.3% | 23.9% |
| Judith A Resnik Middle School VON ORMY | 765 | 86.9% | 24.8% |
| Ross Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 84.4% | 31.5% |
| Miller Intermediate School PASADENA | 780 | 86.0% | 46.5% |
| Crockett Middle School IRVING | 754 | 87.4% | 30.5% |
| Sam Houston Middle School GARLAND | 775 | 89.8% | 30.5% |
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 Del Valle Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,538 of 1,635 | #31 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,553 of 1,670 ▼ 98 | #39 of 48 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,624 of 1,670 ▼ 114 | #40 of 48 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #205 of 1,570 | #5 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 895 | #412 of 1,749 | #12 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,033 of 1,542 | #28 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #1,263 of 1,543 | #40 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #366 of 1,648 | #13 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #743 of 942 | #30 of 36 |
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
895
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 895 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 86% (772) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 61.6 | 13.7:1 | 92% (774) |
| 2022-23 | 869 | 60 | 14.5:1 | 92% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 67 | 13.7:1 | 88% (809) |
| 2017-18 | 958 | 65.6 | 14.6:1 | 75% (720) |
| 2015-16 | 972 | 66 | 14.7:1 | 87% (846) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 81% (618) |
| 2000-01 | 971 | 67 | 14.5:1 | 62% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 50 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Valle Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (958 to 895); teachers down 13% (65.6 to 57).
About Del Valle Middle School
Del Valle Middle School serves students in DEL VALLE, Texas, as a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 895 students. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 39% higher.
DEL VALLE ISD is made up of 15 schools with 11,715 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Del Valle Middle School is 86% Hispanic. Other groups make up 6% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Del Valle Middle School operates with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.7:1. On average, middle schools in Texas have 14.4:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. Del Valle Middle School reports 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Test results at Del Valle Middle School are 12.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (23.9% actual, 36.9% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Travis County show that the median household income is $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Del Valle Middle School, Travis County has 332 other public schools.
The closest public school to Del Valle Middle School is Del Valle Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Del Valle Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Del Valle Middle School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Del Valle Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
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Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEL VALLE ISD
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Dailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- John P Ojeda Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Del Valle Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
- Popham Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
Other schools in DEL VALLE
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Del Valle Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Popham Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Del Valle Opportunity CenterHigh · 228 students
Other Del Valle Middle schools
One other US public school is named Del Valle Middle. Del Valle Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Del Valle Middle SchoolEL PASO, TX · 969 students
Nearby schools
- Del Valle Elementary School0.2 mi · 726
- Del Valle Opportunity Center0.7 mi · 228
- Del Valle High School0.8 mi · 3,641
- Popham Elementary School1.6 mi · 698
- Dailey Middle School5.2 mi · 767
- KIPP Paseo Preparatory School5.4 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Del Valle Middle SchoolHow large is Del Valle Middle School?
Del Valle Middle School enrolls approximately 895 students in grades 06-08.
Is Del Valle Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Del Valle Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Del Valle Middle School have?
Del Valle Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Del Valle Middle School?
Student demographics at Del Valle Middle School are roughly 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Del Valle Middle School?
Del Valle Middle School is overseen by DEL VALLE ISD in Travis County.
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