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JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 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 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE
JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in MISSION, Texas, one of the schools within LA JOYA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 648 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE is one of 36 schools operated by LA JOYA ISD, a district that enrolls 22,942 students overall.
Looking at the student body, JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.2%; this one delivers 40.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).
The closest other public school is DIAZ-VILLARREAL EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Five-year trend. JUAN DE DIOS SALINAS MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 832 (now 648).
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Hidalgo County at a glance
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