HAROLD CADE MIDDLE

HAROLD CADE MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in VICTORIA, Texas, one of the schools within VICTORIA ISD, serves 730 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

VICTORIA ISD comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 12,919 students; HAROLD CADE MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAROLD CADE MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 39% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, HAROLD CADE MIDDLE shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HAROLD CADE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Victoria County's rate of about 69%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAROLD CADE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Victoria County) logs that median household income runs about $70,896, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Victoria County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students), of which HAROLD CADE MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is VICTORIA WEST H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAROLD CADE MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.8%.

HAROLD CADE MIDDLE operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 865 students in 2018 compared to 730 in 2025.

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