FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE

As a big junior high in EDINBURG, Texas, FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE works with 1,064 students from grades 6 through 8, run under EDINBURG CISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE sits 65% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in EDINBURG CISD (33,343 students total), FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE has 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

TRAVIS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 1,308 students in 2018 compared to 1,064 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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