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What's the one class at DOMINGO TREVINO MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
531
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613012498
Domingo Trevino Middle School
301 S INSPIRATION RD, ALTON, TX 78573 · (956) 323-2810 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
517 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 173 | 33% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Domingo Trevino Middle School
Domingo Trevino Middle School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domingo Trevino Middle School this school | 531 | 97.4% | 43.0% |
| Kennedy Middle School PHARR | 519 | 96.7% | 44.9% |
| Dora M Sauceda Middle School DONNA | 553 | 98.0% | 39.2% |
| Jaime Escalante Middle School PHARR | 554 | 98.2% | 42.4% |
| Travis Middle School MCALLEN | 505 | 95.4% | 41.8% |
| Dr Javier Saenz Middle School PENITAS | 601 | 98.5% | 35.4% |
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 Domingo Trevino Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #792 of 1,635 | #30 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #813 of 1,670 ▲ 287 | #26 of 54 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,224 of 1,670 ▲ 196 | #43 of 54 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,186 of 1,570 | #48 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #1,044 of 1,749 | #43 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #161 of 1,542 | #15 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #1,540 of 1,543 | #52 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #53 of 1,648 | #7 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #85 of 942 | #3 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
531
-138 (-21%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 531 | 44.4 | 12.0:1 | 97% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 100% (593) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 52.4 | 11.9:1 | 99% (617) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 58 | 11.5:1 | 100% (669) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 55.1 | 14.9:1 | 98% (803) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 98% (863) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 5% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Domingo Trevino Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (821 to 531); teachers down 19% (55.1 to 44.4).
About Domingo Trevino Middle School
Domingo Trevino Middle School is the name of a small middle school in ALTON, Texas. There are 531 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
LA JOYA ISD has 36 schools; together they serve 22,942 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Domingo Trevino Middle School is Hispanic, at 100%. Among all residents of Hidalgo County, the Hispanic share is about 92%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 0%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. The school has 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 12 points.
Domingo Trevino Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.1% for Domingo Trevino Middle School. The school posts 43.0%, 10.8 points above the prediction.
The county, Hidalgo County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $54,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including Domingo Trevino Middle School.
Mission Collegiate High School is about 0.4 miles from Domingo Trevino Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Domingo Trevino Middle School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 531, from 669 in 2020-21.
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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 LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in ALTON
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Jessie L Jensen Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Cantu Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Raquel Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Mission Collegiate High SchoolHigh · 399 students
- Carl C Waitz Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Collegiate High School0.4 mi · 399
- Alton Memorial Junior High School0.5 mi · 819
- Raquel Cavazos Elementary School0.6 mi · 521
- Cantu Elementary School0.9 mi · 521
- Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School1.0 mi · 527
- Carl C Waitz Elementary School1.2 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Domingo Trevino Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Domingo Trevino Middle School?
Domingo Trevino Middle School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Domingo Trevino Middle School serve?
Domingo Trevino Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Domingo Trevino Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Domingo Trevino Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Domingo Trevino Middle School?
Domingo Trevino Middle School reports a student body of 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Domingo Trevino Middle School?
Domingo Trevino Middle School is overseen by LA JOYA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.