Enrollment
173
Middle
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAFT ISD·NCES 484206004792
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School
1150 GREGORY ST, TAFT, TX 78390 · (361) 528-2636 · San Patricio County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
150 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 31% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School→Taft High School
Feeds from
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 14.0% | 35.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School this school | 173 | 86.7% | 23.0% |
| Kenedy Middle School KENEDY | 149 | 83.9% | 29.6% |
| Lucy Aragon Junior High School FREER | 146 | 86.3% | 33.8% |
| Bloomington Junior High School BLOOMINGTON | 135 | 83.0% | 19.4% |
| Jose Borrego Middle School MONTE ALTO | 178 | 88.8% | 30.9% |
| Tornillo Junior High School TORNILLO | 150 | 90.0% | 30.9% |
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 Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In San Patricio County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,558 of 1,635 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,589 of 1,670 ▲ 6 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,523 of 1,670 ▲ 36 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #1,579 of 1,749 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #352 of 1,648 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #200 of 942 | N/A |
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
173
-44 (-20%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 173 | 14.9 | 11.6:1 | 87% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 15.6 | 12.2:1 | 82% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 20.1 | 9.9:1 | 90% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 83% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 17.9 | 13.1:1 | 96% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 86% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 87% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 26 | 10.7:1 | 80% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (235 to 173); teachers down 16% (17.9 to 14.9).
About Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is a small middle-grades school with an address in TAFT, Texas. The school reports 173 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is one of 3 schools in TAFT ISD, which enrolls 812 students in total.
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White. Census figures show San Patricio County is about 57% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Its teaching staff equals 14.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Around 87% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 63% average for public schools in San Patricio County is 24 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is F. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is 13.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 23.0% actual, 36.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is located in San Patricio County, where median household income is about $69,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is one of 33 public schools in San Patricio County, which together enroll about 13,920 students.
Coastal Horizons Academy is located about 0.2 miles from Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 217 to 173.
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San Patricio County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,181
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TAFT ISD
- Woodroe Petty Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 249 students
Other schools in TAFT
- Woodroe Petty Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 249 students
- Coastal Horizons AcademyHigh · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Coastal Horizons Academy0.2 mi · 72
- Taft High School0.8 mi · 249
- Woodroe Petty Elementary School1.1 mi · 390
- Andrews Elementary School6.3 mi · 530
- Gregory-Portland High School6.3 mi · 1,511
- Austin Elementary School7.0 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Ricardo L Trevino Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School?
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School serve?
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School have?
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School?
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School reports a student body of 9% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School public or private?
Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TAFT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.