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Which teacher or staff member at LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
545
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613002938
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School
603 N TABASCO ST, LA JOYA, TX 78560 · (956) 323-2770 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
496 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 169 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 33% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 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 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School this school | 545 | 91.0% | 41.4% |
| San Benito Riverside Middle School SAN BENITO | 558 | 90.1% | 37.5% |
| Carlos F Truan Junior High School ELSA | 584 | 90.8% | 27.7% |
| Ramiro Barrera Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 564 | 93.3% | 40.6% |
| Valley View Junior High School PHARR | 516 | 93.2% | 47.5% |
| A Leal Jr Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 499 | 92.8% | 34.4% |
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 Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #878 of 1,635 | #35 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #903 of 1,670 ▲ 105 | #31 of 54 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,223 of 1,670 ▲ 93 | #42 of 54 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,069 of 1,570 | #46 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #1,021 of 1,749 | #42 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #287 of 1,542 | #22 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.7% | #1,517 of 1,543 | #40 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #221 of 1,648 | #24 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #277 of 942 | #11 of 44 |
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
545
-141 (-21%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 545 | 42.9 | 12.7:1 | 91% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 42.4 | 14.3:1 | 99% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 89% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 90% (619) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 50.8 | 13.8:1 | 90% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 92% (640) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 59 | 12.9:1 | 93% (709) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 51 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (702 to 545); teachers down 16% (50.8 to 42.9).
About Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School
The public middle-grades school Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School is located in LA JOYA, Texas. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 545 students.
LA JOYA ISD oversees Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School and 35 other schools, with 22,942 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School is 100% Hispanic. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School totals 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Federal data show 91% of students (496) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Texas public middle schools, Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School are 6.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.4% actual, 34.8% predicted).
For the population of Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School shares Hidalgo County with 363 other public schools.
IDEA La Joya College Preparatory is about 0.1 miles from Lorenzo De Zavala 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. On state test proficiency, Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 686 to 545, a 21% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.7:1 to 12.7:1.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in LA JOYA
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- IDEA La Joya AcademyElementary · 656 students
- Tabasco Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College High SchoolHigh · 471 students
- IDEA La Joya College PreparatoryMiddle · 344 students
- Jimmy Carter Early College High SchoolHigh · 327 students
Other Lorenzo De Zavala Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Lorenzo De Zavala Middle. Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lorenzo De Zavala Middle SchoolIRVING, TX · 832 students
- Lorenzo De Zavala Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 427 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA La Joya College Preparatory0.1 mi · 344
- IDEA La Joya Academy0.1 mi · 656
- La Joya High School0.5 mi · 2,405
- Jimmy Carter Early College High School0.7 mi · 327
- Thelma Rosa Salinas STEM Early College High School0.7 mi · 471
- Hope Academy0.8 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About Lorenzo De Zavala Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School?
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School serve?
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School?
At Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School public or private?
Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LA JOYA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.