MOISES VELA MIDDLE

MOISES VELA MIDDLE is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in HARLINGEN, Texas, operated by HARLINGEN CISD, with 761 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

MOISES VELA MIDDLE is one of 31 schools operated by HARLINGEN CISD, a district that caters to 17,506 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MOISES VELA MIDDLE reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MOISES VELA MIDDLE has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at MOISES VELA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MOISES VELA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 51.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), MOISES VELA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

STUART PLACE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOISES VELA MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. MOISES VELA MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 857 (now 761). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.