MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE

Set in CASTROVILLE, Texas, MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE is a sizable junior high, overseen by MEDINA VALLEY ISD. It enrolls 1,157 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 80% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

MEDINA VALLEY ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 9,638 students; MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE reports that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 25% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 53.9%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Across the wider county, Medina County reports that median household income runs about $78,074, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Medina County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,127 students), of which MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is MEDINA VALLEY H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 1,209 students in 2018 compared to 1,157 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 33% to 25%. Class-load math has rose: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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