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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at JOAQUIN CIGARROA MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
1,053
Middle
DISTRICT 1,013 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679005884
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School
2600 PALO BLANCO ST, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 273-6100 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,053 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,049 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 344 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 357 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 352 | 33% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School this school | 1,053 | 99.6% | 37.5% |
| Christen Middle School LAREDO | 1,115 | 99.4% | 40.3% |
| Santa Fe Middle School CLEVELAND | 1,117 | 96.2% | 16.9% |
| Faulk Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 885 | 96.3% | 43.6% |
| Veterans Middle School DONNA | 866 | 95.4% | 36.8% |
| Lamar Middle School LAREDO | 1,204 | 94.6% | 38.8% |
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 Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,057 of 1,635 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,061 of 1,670 ▲ 200 | #16 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #906 of 1,670 ▲ 335 | #14 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #558 of 1,570 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,053 | #232 of 1,749 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #139 of 1,542 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #1,526 of 1,543 | #14 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #10 of 1,648 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #336 of 942 | #9 of 13 |
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
1,053
-212 (-17%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,355
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,053 | 89 | 11.8:1 | 100% (1,049) |
| 2023-24 | 1,064 | 94.4 | 11.3:1 | 99% (1,051) |
| 2022-23 | 1,104 | 91.9 | 12.0:1 | 99% (1,098) |
| 2020-21 | 1,265 | 87 | 14.5:1 | 98% (1,238) |
| 2017-18 | 1,319 | 84.8 | 15.6:1 | 93% (1,224) |
| 2015-16 | 1,312 | 80 | 16.4:1 | 96% (1,259) |
| 2010-11 | 1,238 | 93 | 13.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,302 | 73 | 17.8:1 | 89% (1,160) |
| 1990-91 | 1,355 | 75 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,319 to 1,053); teachers up 5% (84.8 to 89).
About Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School is a middle school located in LAREDO, Texas, in Webb County. There are 1,053 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 64% above that mark.
A total of 30 schools make up LAREDO ISD, with 20,271 students enrolled.
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School is 100% Hispanic by enrollment. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 1%.
Staffing at Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School comes to 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Webb County average 83%.
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.5% is 6.4 points above the 31.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Webb County show that median household income comes to about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Webb County counts 95 public schools with about 63,717 students.
Measured in a straight line, Dr Leo Cigarroa High School is about 0.1 miles from Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School ranks 9th on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 17% across 4 years, from 1,265 in 2020-21 to 1,053 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.5:1 to 11.8:1.
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Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAREDO ISD
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,204 students
- Christen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 834 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High School0.1 mi · 1,379
- Ligarde Elementary School0.3 mi · 571
- H B Zachry Elementary School0.3 mi · 562
- J Kawas Elementary School0.4 mi · 363
- United South Middle School0.9 mi · 869
- Santo Nino Elementary School0.9 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Joaquin Cigarroa Middle SchoolHow large is Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School?
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School enrolls approximately 1,053 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School serve?
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School.
How diverse is Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School?
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School?
Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School is overseen by LAREDO ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.