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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the MEMORIAL MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
663
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613017001
Memorial Middle School
2610 N MOOREFIELD RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2820 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
552 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 205 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 34% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 28.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 15 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 (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 663 | 83.3% | 53.5% |
| Liberty Memorial Middle School SAN BENITO | 673 | 84.0% | 47.4% |
| Armando Cuellar Middle School WESLACO | 634 | 84.7% | 37.8% |
| Vela Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 658 | 82.8% | 48.9% |
| Robert C Zamora Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 655 | 83.7% | 30.9% |
| Raul Perales Middle School LAREDO | 648 | 80.7% | 51.3% |
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 Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #397 of 1,635 | #10 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #363 of 1,670 ▲ 99 | #8 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #375 of 1,670 ▲ 106 | #7 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #592 of 1,570 | #19 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #822 of 1,749 | #28 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #584 of 1,542 | #33 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #1,525 of 1,543 | #43 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #431 of 1,648 | #41 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #551 of 942 | #27 of 44 |
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
663
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 663 | 47.5 | 13.9:1 | 83% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 47.9 | 13.7:1 | 99% (650) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 57.1 | 12.3:1 | 84% (590) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 58 | 12.7:1 | 84% (619) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 52.8 | 14.3:1 | 91% (691) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 55 | 14.1:1 | 92% (715) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (758 to 663); teachers down 10% (52.8 to 47.5).
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School serves students in MISSION, Texas, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 663 students.
LA JOYA ISD operates 36 schools. Combined enrollment is 22,942 students.
Most students at Memorial Middle School are Hispanic: 100% of enrollment. By the diversity index, Memorial Middle School comes in at 1%.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Texas average about 14.4:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 83% of students at Memorial Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Memorial Middle School scores 15.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 53.5% actual versus 38.1% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income is about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Memorial Middle School is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, which together enroll about 212,859 students.
The closest public school to Memorial Middle School is Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Memorial Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 663, 10% below the 738 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.9 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 10th 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 SchoolLAREDO, TX · 679 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SD · 1,133 students
Nearby schools
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary School0.2 mi · 715
- Irene M Garcia Middle School0.4 mi · 601
- E B Reyna Elementary School0.7 mi · 523
- White Junior High School1.1 mi · 831
- Ollie O'Grady Elementary School1.3 mi · 457
- Premier H S of Palmview1.4 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow large is Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 663 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Middle School?
At Memorial Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School is overseen by LA JOYA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.