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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002283
Memorial Middle School
1901 RIO HONDO RD, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3020 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
629 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 236 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 32% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
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 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 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 | 36.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% |
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% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 705 | 89.2% | 47.1% |
| Julius L Matthey Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 656 | 88.7% | 45.2% |
| Austin Middle School IRVING | 716 | 90.6% | 32.5% |
| Losoya Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 607 | 89.8% | 37.1% |
| Harlandale Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 89.2% | 28.2% |
| Whittier Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 656 | 89.2% | 27.3% |
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 Memorial Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #612 of 1,635 | #11 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #337 of 1,670 ▲ 228 | #3 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #406 of 1,670 ▲ 139 | #9 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #676 of 1,570 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #739 of 1,749 | #11 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #198 of 1,542 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #1,359 of 1,543 | #3 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #273 of 1,648 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #550 of 942 | #16 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
705
-91 (-11%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 705 | 57.8 | 12.2:1 | 89% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 56.4 | 13.1:1 | 89% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 57.3 | 13.1:1 | 89% (671) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 58 | 13.7:1 | 80% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 55.7 | 14.5:1 | 80% (644) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 75% (621) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 78% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 65 | 14.2:1 | 68% (630) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 110 | 6.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (806 to 705); teachers up 4% (55.7 to 57.8).
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school for students in HARLINGEN, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 705 students in grades 6 through 8.
HARLINGEN CISD, which runs Memorial Middle School, has 31 schools and 17,506 students.
Memorial Middle School enrolls a student body that is 93% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 6% White. The Hispanic share in Cameron County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Memorial Middle School has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 89%.
Memorial Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (47.1%) and its predicted rate (35.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Cameron County, median household income is about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The public schools of Cameron County number 187 and enroll about 97,392.
The next-closest public school is Harlingen School of Health Professions, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Memorial Middle School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Memorial Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 796 to 705. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 8th largest of the 25.
- Memorial Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,236 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,045 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolLAREDO, TX · 679 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMISSION, TX · 663 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SD · 1,133 students
Nearby schools
- Harlingen School of Health Professions0.2 mi · 448
- Harlingen High School0.7 mi · 2,433
- Lee H Means Elementary School0.9 mi · 730
- Long Elementary School0.9 mi · 475
- Hcisd Early Childhood Academy1.1 mi · 255
- Edna Tamayo House1.1 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Memorial Middle School serve?
Memorial Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Memorial Middle School.
How diverse is Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School reports a student body of 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Middle School in?
Memorial Middle School is part of HARLINGEN CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.