LOS CUATES MIDDLE

LOS CUATES MIDDLE operates as a reasonably sized junior high in LOS FRESNOS, Texas, run under LOS FRESNOS CISD. Current enrollment sits at 825 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

LOS FRESNOS CISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,357 students; LOS CUATES MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, LOS CUATES MIDDLE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%); the rest comes out to 3% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, LOS CUATES MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.7%; actual is 54.9%, +15.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LOS CUATES MIDDLE is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

LOS FRESNOS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOS CUATES MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LOS CUATES MIDDLE has climbed 4%, going from 797 students in 2018 to 825 in 2025.

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