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What's something MEMORIAL MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
679
Middle
DISTRICT 1,013 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679005885
Memorial Middle School
2002 MARCELLA AVE, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-6600 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
663 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 219 | 32% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (46.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 679 | 97.6% | 46.0% |
| Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School MISSION | 648 | 97.2% | 40.3% |
| Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr Middle School ALAMO | 654 | 96.0% | 42.1% |
| Ringgold Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 639 | 96.1% | 40.4% |
| Dr Javier Saenz Middle School PENITAS | 601 | 98.5% | 35.4% |
| Lucio Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 627 | 99.7% | 44.8% |
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 Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #661 of 1,635 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #688 of 1,670 ▲ 105 | #11 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,004 of 1,670 ▼ 133 | #15 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #856 of 1,570 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #789 of 1,749 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #759 of 1,542 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.3% | #1,531 of 1,543 | #16 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #49 of 1,648 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #599 of 942 | #12 of 13 |
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
679
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 679 | 46.6 | 14.6:1 | 98% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 50.8 | 13.1:1 | 98% (650) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 50.2 | 13.3:1 | 98% (654) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 98% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 44.4 | 17.2:1 | 98% (749) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 98% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 87% (533) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 40 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (763 to 679); teachers up 5% (44.4 to 46.6).
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in LAREDO, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 679 students in grades 6 through 8.
LAREDO ISD serves 20,271 students across 30 schools.
The large majority of students at Memorial Middle School, 100%, are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Memorial Middle School comes in at 0%.
Federal data list 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Memorial Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. Middle schools in Texas average about 14.4:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 98% of students at Memorial Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 83% average among public schools in Webb County.
After accounting for student poverty, Memorial Middle School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.0% is 14.0 points above the 32.0% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Webb County show that median household income is about $63,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. A total of 95 public schools operate in Webb County, serving about 63,717 students.
The nearest public school is J C Martin Jr Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Memorial Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Memorial Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 685 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 679.
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Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAREDO ISD
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,204 students
- Christen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 9th largest of the 25.
- Memorial Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,236 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,045 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 705 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMISSION, TX · 663 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SD · 1,133 students
Nearby schools
- J C Martin Jr Elementary School0.2 mi · 435
- Don Jose Gallego0.3 mi · 557
- Bruni Elementary School0.5 mi · 441
- Martin High School0.7 mi · 1,975
- Tarver Elementary School0.8 mi · 421
- T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School0.8 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades 06-08.
Is Memorial Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Memorial Middle School.
How diverse is Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School is overseen by LAREDO ISD in Webb County.
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