JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE

Located at 1819 W HWY 83, in ALAMO, Texas, JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that instructs 654 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.

PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,749 students. JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

The closest other public school is PSJA ALAMO BUILDING BLOCKS ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE has climbed 6%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.