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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JOSE J ALDERETE MIDDLE administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANUTILLO ISD·NCES 481278011215
Jose J Alderete Middle School
801 TALBOT ST, CANUTILLO, TX 79835 · (915) 877-6600 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
379 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 211 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 30% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp 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 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% |
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% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Jose J Alderete Middle School
Jose J Alderete Middle School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose J Alderete Middle School this school | 570 | 66.5% | 44.9% |
| Crockett Middle School PECOS | 621 | 63.4% | 33.5% |
| Brown Middle School EL PASO | 699 | 64.8% | 38.2% |
| San Felipe Memorial Middle School DEL RIO | 671 | 70.6% | 43.0% |
| Moises Vela Middle School HARLINGEN | 761 | 66.4% | 51.9% |
| Fort Stockton Middle School FORT STOCKTON | 502 | 67.1% | 32.0% |
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 Jose J Alderete Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #703 of 1,635 | #16 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #845 of 1,670 ▼ 26 | #26 of 41 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #885 of 1,670 ▲ 18 | #24 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,112 of 1,570 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #977 of 1,749 | #25 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #565 of 1,542 | #9 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #1,375 of 1,543 | #18 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #797 of 1,648 | #33 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #338 of 942 | #12 of 24 |
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
570
-86 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 66% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 44.6 | 12.6:1 | 69% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 45.9 | 13.0:1 | 72% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 69% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 41.2 | 17.3:1 | 77% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 74% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 82% (548) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jose J Alderete Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (713 to 570); teachers unchanged (41.2 to 41).
About Jose J Alderete Middle School
Located in CANUTILLO, Texas, Jose J Alderete Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. It had 570 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Jose J Alderete Middle School sits within CANUTILLO ISD, which has 10 schools and 5,747 students.
Hispanic students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
For every teacher at Jose J Alderete Middle School, there are about 13.9 students; the school has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. There are 379 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 66% of enrollment. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in El Paso County, the school's rate is lower.
Jose J Alderete Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Texas public middle schools.
Jose J Alderete Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.9% is within a point of the 45.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in El Paso County, where the median household earns about $59,806 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Jose J Alderete Middle School shares El Paso County with 272 other public schools.
Canutillo Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Jose J Alderete Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Jose J Alderete Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 86 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.3 to 13.9 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Jose J Alderete Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANUTILLO ISD
- Canutillo High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Canutillo Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Congressman Silvestre & Carolina SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Canutillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Jose H Damian Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in CANUTILLO
- Canutillo Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Canutillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Jose H Damian Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Deanna Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Canutillo Elementary School0.2 mi · 481
- Northwest Early College H S (nwechs)0.7 mi · 373
- Canutillo High School1.0 mi · 1,443
- Canutillo Middle School1.4 mi · 717
- Jose H Damian Elementary School1.9 mi · 473
- Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary School2.1 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Jose J Alderete Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jose J Alderete Middle School?
Jose J Alderete Middle School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jose J Alderete Middle School serve?
Jose J Alderete Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jose J Alderete Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jose J Alderete Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jose J Alderete Middle School?
At Jose J Alderete Middle School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Jose J Alderete Middle School public or private?
Jose J Alderete Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CANUTILLO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.