MEMORIAL H S

MEMORIAL H S, an expansive 9-12 campus in MCALLEN, Texas, run under MCALLEN ISD, serves 2,021 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 154% bigger than typical.

Within MCALLEN ISD, which oversees 31 schools and 19,890 students, MEMORIAL H S is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MEMORIAL H S reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 3% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MEMORIAL H S has 154 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MEMORIAL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), MEMORIAL H S is one campus in the mix.

CATHEY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEMORIAL H S comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEMORIAL H S has declined 11%, going from 2,274 students in 2018 to 2,021 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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