RICARDO L TREVINO J H

RICARDO L TREVINO J H is a rural-scale intermediate school in TAFT, Texas, overseen by TAFT ISD. The school educates 173 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

RICARDO L TREVINO J H is one of 3 schools operated by TAFT ISD, a district that educates 812 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RICARDO L TREVINO J H logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting RICARDO L TREVINO J H tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Patricio County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RICARDO L TREVINO J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 22.3%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the surrounding community, San Patricio County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,704 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across San Patricio County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,920 students), RICARDO L TREVINO J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around RICARDO L TREVINO J H. On composite proficiency, RICARDO L TREVINO J H comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

RICARDO L TREVINO J H operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICARDO L TREVINO J H has declined 26%, going from 235 students in 2018 to 173 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.