MEMORIAL MIDDLE

Set in LAREDO, Texas, MEMORIAL MIDDLE is a mid-sized junior high, part of LAREDO ISD. It serves 679 students across grades 6 through 8.

LAREDO ISD comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,271 students; MEMORIAL MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, MEMORIAL MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Webb County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MEMORIAL MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.3%; actual is 47.4%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Webb County shows median household income runs about $63,058, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), MEMORIAL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is J C MARTIN JR EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEMORIAL MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEMORIAL MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MEMORIAL MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 763 (now 679). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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