MEMORIAL MIDDLE

MEMORIAL MIDDLE, a roomy middle-grades school in EDINBURG, Texas, overseen by EDINBURG CISD, serves 1,045 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 44 schools in EDINBURG CISD (33,343 students total), MEMORIAL MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MEMORIAL MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MEMORIAL MIDDLE has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MEMORIAL MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MEMORIAL MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, 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 MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

EISENHOWER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEMORIAL MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEMORIAL MIDDLE at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEMORIAL MIDDLE has ticked down 16%, going from 1,239 students in 2018 to 1,045 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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