MEMORIAL MIDDLE

Located at 1901 RIO HONDO RD, in HARLINGEN, Texas, MEMORIAL MIDDLE is a mid-sized junior high that serves 705 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within HARLINGEN CISD.

Across the 31 schools in HARLINGEN CISD (17,506 students total), MEMORIAL MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MEMORIAL MIDDLE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest comes out to 6% White. That composition is broadly in line with Cameron County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, MEMORIAL MIDDLE lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MEMORIAL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), MEMORIAL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARLINGEN SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEMORIAL MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. MEMORIAL MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 806 (now 705). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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