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Enrollment
837
Middle
DISTRICT 731 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168012072
Manzano Middle School
2580 W ALTON GLOOR, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 548-9800 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- B+Three-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
14.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
680 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 6 | 267 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 277 | 33% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 34.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 16 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 Manzano Middle School
Manzano Middle School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzano Middle School this school | 837 | 81.2% | 55.3% |
| Elias Longoria Sr Middle School EDINBURG | 770 | 81.8% | 43.1% |
| United South Middle School LAREDO | 869 | 79.2% | 48.5% |
| Beatriz G Garza Middle School WESLACO | 919 | 78.6% | 46.3% |
| Los Cuates Middle School LOS FRESNOS | 825 | 78.2% | 54.4% |
| Berta Cabaza Middle School SAN BENITO | 695 | 80.0% | 34.8% |
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 Manzano Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #344 of 1,635 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #514 of 1,670 ▼ 61 | #8 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #392 of 1,670 ▼ 70 | #8 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #549 of 1,570 | #15 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #497 of 1,749 | #5 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #613 of 1,542 | #18 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.4% | #1,501 of 1,543 | #26 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #484 of 1,648 | #21 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #606 of 942 | #19 of 23 |
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
837
-58 (-6%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 837 | 59.6 | 14.0:1 | 81% (680) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 80% (681) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 59.6 | 15.2:1 | 83% (747) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 80% (720) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 60.4 | 15.5:1 | 95% (894) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 95% (827) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manzano Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (938 to 837); teachers down 1% (60.4 to 59.6).
About Manzano Middle School
Manzano Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. The school has 837 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
BROWNSVILLE ISD has a total of 52 schools and 37,097 students, Manzano Middle School among them.
Manzano Middle School is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. In Cameron County overall, about 89% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 1%.
Classroom staffing at Manzano Middle School totals 59.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. That is in line with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Federal data show 81% of students (680) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Manzano Middle School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Texas public middle schools.
A school in Texas with Manzano Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 39.0%. Manzano Middle School scores 55.3%.
In Cameron County, median household income comes to about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cameron County counts 187 public schools with about 97,392 students.
Manzano Middle School's nearest public school is Keller Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Manzano Middle School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% drop, from 895 to 837. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
Manzano Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 BROWNSVILLE ISD
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- Keller Elementary School0.1 mi · 537
- Ortiz Elementary School0.3 mi · 564
- Jubilee Living Way0.9 mi · 363
- Yturria Elementary School1.1 mi · 526
- Stillman Middle School1.2 mi · 964
- Pullam Elementary School1.3 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Manzano Middle SchoolHow many students attend Manzano Middle School?
Manzano Middle School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Manzano Middle School serve?
Manzano Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Manzano Middle School have?
Manzano Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Manzano Middle School?
Student demographics at Manzano Middle School are roughly 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Manzano Middle School in?
Manzano Middle School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.