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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LA VEGA INT H P MILES CAMPUS administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA VEGA ISD·NCES 482628002963
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus
4201 WILLIAMS RD, WACO, TX 76705 · (254) 299-6770 · McLennan County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
16.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
642 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 4 | 256 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 232 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 207 | 30% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LA VEGA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 18.0% | 30.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 La Vega Int H P Miles Campus
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Vega Int H P Miles Campus this school | 695 | 92.4% | 30.6% |
| Wilkinson Middle School MESQUITE | 655 | 91.5% | 41.4% |
| Lucyle Collins Middle School FORT WORTH | 735 | 90.3% | 19.2% |
| IDEA Spears College Preparatory HOUSTON | 617 | 94.2% | 28.6% |
| Jefferson Middle School PORT ARTHUR | 857 | 92.4% | 30.3% |
| Hartman Middle School HOUSTON | 645 | 94.9% | 43.5% |
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 La Vega Int H P Miles Campus ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,371 of 1,635 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,536 of 1,670 ▼ 45 | #17 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,406 of 1,670 ▼ 132 | #16 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #95 of 1,570 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #761 of 1,749 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,252 of 1,542 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #629 of 1,543 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #183 of 1,648 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #432 of 437 | #9 of 10 |
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
695
+89 (+15%) vs 2020
+91% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 695 | 41.8 | 16.6:1 | 92% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 37.5 | 16.9:1 | 92% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 39.9 | 14.8:1 | 93% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 87% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 42.9 | 16.1:1 | 96% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 93% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 77% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 70% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 18 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Vega Int H P Miles Campus.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (692 to 695); teachers down 3% (42.9 to 41.8).
About La Vega Int H P Miles Campus
The public middle-grades school La Vega Int H P Miles Campus is located in WACO, Texas. It enrolled 695 students in grades 4 through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
District-wide, LA VEGA ISD has 6 schools and 3,093 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus, at 60%. Next come 24% Black, 9% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all McLennan County residents. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 16.6:1 comes from the school's 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 92% of students at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in McLennan County is 62%.
allk12 grades La Vega Int H P Miles Campus a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.6% is 3.6 points below the 34.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for McLennan County show that the median household income is $66,643, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. McLennan County is home to 124 public schools and about 45,703 public school students.
The closest public school, La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus, is about 0.5 miles from La Vega Int H P Miles Campus. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, La Vega Int H P Miles Campus ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for La Vega Int H P Miles Campus is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment rise, from 606 in 2020-21 to 695 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 16.6 in 2024-25.
Discussions about La Vega Int H P Miles Campus may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA VEGA ISD
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- La Vega Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- La Vega Pri Phil Bancale CampusElementary · 444 students
- La Vega J H George Dixon CampusMiddle · 441 students
- Challenge AcademyHigh · 2 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus0.5 mi · 444
- La Vega J H George Dixon Campus1.0 mi · 441
- La Vega High School1.1 mi · 881
- La Vega Elementary School1.5 mi · 630
- Bill Logue Detention Center2.3 mi · 11
- Challenge Academy2.4 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About La Vega Int H P Miles CampusWhat is the total enrollment at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus?
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does La Vega Int H P Miles Campus serve?
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus.
What is the student diversity at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus?
Student demographics at La Vega Int H P Miles Campus are roughly 9% White, 60% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is La Vega Int H P Miles Campus public or private?
La Vega Int H P Miles Campus is a public K-12 school, overseen by LA VEGA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.