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Enrollment
825
Middle
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS FRESNOS CISD·NCES 482829003164
Los Cuates Middle School
33422 FARM RD 1575, LOS FRESNOS, TX 78566 · (956) 254-5182 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL825 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Texas public middle schools
- A-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.
- BThree-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
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
645 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 261 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 33% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Los Cuates Middle School→Los Fresnos High School
Based on grade levels within LOS FRESNOS CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Los Cuates Middle School
Los Cuates Middle School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Cuates Middle School this school | 825 | 78.2% | 54.4% |
| Beatriz G Garza Middle School WESLACO | 919 | 78.6% | 46.3% |
| United South Middle School LAREDO | 869 | 79.2% | 48.5% |
| Manzano Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 837 | 81.2% | 55.3% |
| Berta Cabaza Middle School SAN BENITO | 695 | 80.0% | 34.8% |
| Elias Longoria Sr Middle School EDINBURG | 770 | 81.8% | 43.1% |
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 Los Cuates Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #366 of 1,635 | #4 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #443 of 1,670 ▼ 80 | #7 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #347 of 1,670 ▲ 1 | #5 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #711 of 1,570 | #22 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 825 | #523 of 1,749 | #6 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,253 of 1,542 | #27 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,435 of 1,543 | #12 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #559 of 1,648 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #353 of 437 | N/A |
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
825
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 825 | 49.6 | 16.6:1 | 78% (645) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 48.9 | 17.1:1 | 80% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 51.9 | 15.6:1 | 78% (632) |
| 2020-21 | 868 | 52 | 16.7:1 | 84% (727) |
| 2017-18 | 797 | 50.7 | 15.7:1 | 76% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 75% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 54 | 13.5:1 | 73% (532) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 18 | 42.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Cuates Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (797 to 825); teachers down 2% (50.7 to 49.6).
About Los Cuates Middle School
Los Cuates Middle School, a medium-sized middle school, is located in LOS FRESNOS, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 825 students. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students.
LOS FRESNOS CISD, which runs Los Cuates Middle School, has 14 schools and 10,357 students.
Los Cuates Middle School's enrollment is 97% Hispanic. Next come 3% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 6% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.6:1. This ratio sits 2.3 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%.
The allk12 Grade for Los Cuates Middle School is A. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Los Cuates Middle School beats its 40.3% prediction with 54.4%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Among Cameron County residents, the median household income is $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Cuates Middle School is one of 187 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Los Fresnos Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 54.4% is below the 57.0% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Los Cuates Middle School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Los Cuates Middle School had 868 students, to 2024-25, when it had 825.
The Los Cuates Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Resaca Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Rancho Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Dora Romero Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Los Fresnos Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Lopez-Riggins Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Driscoll Express Learning CenterElementary · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Los Fresnos Elementary School0.2 mi · 549
- Lopez-Riggins Elementary School1.2 mi · 467
- Los Fresnos High School1.9 mi · 3,285
- Dora Romero Elementary School2.5 mi · 552
- Liberty Memorial Middle School2.6 mi · 673
- Laureles Elementary School2.7 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Los Cuates Middle SchoolHow large is Los Cuates Middle School?
Los Cuates Middle School enrolls approximately 825 students in grades 06-08.
Is Los Cuates Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Los Cuates Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Los Cuates Middle School have?
Los Cuates Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Cuates Middle School?
At Los Cuates Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is Los Cuates Middle School in?
Los Cuates Middle School is part of LOS FRESNOS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.