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What's one thing FRANCISCO BARRIENTES MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,064
Middle
DISTRICT 1,077 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818011432
Francisco Barrientes Middle School
1100 E EBONY, EDINBURG, TX 78540 · (956) 289-2430 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,064 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
11.8:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
861 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 359 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 342 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 363 | 34% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 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 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Francisco Barrientes Middle School
Francisco Barrientes Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Barrientes Middle School this school | 1,064 | 80.9% | 44.3% |
| B L Garza Middle School EDINBURG | 1,035 | 78.6% | 43.4% |
| Beatriz G Garza Middle School WESLACO | 919 | 78.6% | 46.3% |
| United South Middle School LAREDO | 869 | 79.2% | 48.5% |
| Manzano Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 837 | 81.2% | 55.3% |
| Parkland Pre-Engineering Middle School EL PASO | 1,146 | 80.5% | 41.5% |
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 Francisco Barrientes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #735 of 1,635 | #21 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #796 of 1,670 ▼ 12 | #24 of 54 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #561 of 1,670 ▼ 85 | #12 of 54 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #722 of 1,570 | #29 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,064 | #218 of 1,749 | #3 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #136 of 1,542 | #11 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.0% | #1,473 of 1,543 | #21 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #498 of 1,648 | #43 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #380 of 942 | #19 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
1,064
-307 (-22%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 1,092
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,064 | 90.1 | 11.8:1 | 81% (861) |
| 2023-24 | 1,113 | 88.5 | 12.6:1 | 83% (924) |
| 2022-23 | 1,215 | 87.9 | 13.8:1 | 83% (1,005) |
| 2020-21 | 1,371 | 89 | 15.4:1 | 83% (1,140) |
| 2017-18 | 1,308 | 90.5 | 14.5:1 | 87% (1,142) |
| 2015-16 | 1,259 | 87 | 14.5:1 | 87% (1,100) |
| 2010-11 | 1,092 | 88 | 12.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francisco Barrientes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,308 to 1,064); teachers unchanged (90.5 to 90.1).
About Francisco Barrientes Middle School
Francisco Barrientes Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Texas, with an address in EDINBURG. It educates 1,064 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 65% larger than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
EDINBURG CISD serves 33,343 students across 44 schools.
Francisco Barrientes Middle School enrolls a student body that is 99% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Francisco Barrientes Middle School comes in at 3%.
The count of teachers at Francisco Barrientes Middle School is 90.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. Around 81% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Francisco Barrientes Middle School is B+. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Texas, Francisco Barrientes Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.3% actual against a predicted 39.1%.
Hidalgo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Francisco Barrientes Middle School is among the 364 public schools in Hidalgo County.
The nearest other public school, Travis Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Francisco Barrientes Middle School. Francisco Barrientes Middle School places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,371 in 2020-21 and 1,064 in 2024-25, a 22% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
Community posts for Francisco Barrientes Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- Travis Elementary School0.1 mi · 337
- Edinburg Collegiate High School0.2 mi · 466
- JJAEP-Southwest Key Program0.2 mi · 1
- Vanguard Beethoven0.5 mi · 1,782
- L B Johnson Elementary School0.5 mi · 402
- Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School0.6 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Francisco Barrientes Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Francisco Barrientes Middle School?
Francisco Barrientes Middle School enrolls approximately 1,064 students in grades 06-08.
Is Francisco Barrientes Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Francisco Barrientes Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Francisco Barrientes Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Francisco Barrientes Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Francisco Barrientes Middle School?
Student demographics at Francisco Barrientes Middle School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Francisco Barrientes Middle School in?
Francisco Barrientes Middle School is part of EDINBURG CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.