LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE

Located at 603 N TABASCO ST, in LA JOYA, Texas, LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE is a cozy 6-8 campus that enrolls 545 students (grades 6 through 8), run under LA JOYA ISD.

Within LA JOYA ISD, which oversees 36 schools and 22,942 students, LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE records that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 46.6%.

In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

IDEA LA JOYA COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LORENZO DE ZAVALA MIDDLE has contracted 22%, going from 702 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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