Enrollment
210
Middle
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICARDO ISD·NCES 483693007059
Ricardo Middle School
138 W CR 2160, KINGSVILLE, TX 78363 · (361) 592-6465 · Kleberg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
14.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
104 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 77 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 28% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within RICARDO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp 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 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
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% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 Ricardo Middle School
Ricardo Middle School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Middle School this school | 210 | 49.5% | 67.5% |
| Stanton Middle School STANTON | 251 | 49.0% | 50.8% |
| McCamey Middle School MCCAMEY | 143 | 45.5% | 24.8% |
| Karnes City Junior High School KARNES CITY | 234 | 59.0% | 28.1% |
| William G Gravitt Junior High School DENVER CITY | 319 | 58.6% | 35.5% |
| Lillion E Luehrs Junior High School BISHOP | 330 | 58.8% | 53.8% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #130 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #226 of 1,670 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #381 of 1,670 ▼ 106 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,105 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #1,534 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #617 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #1,242 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,152 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #295 of 942 |
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
210
-59 (-22%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 50% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 19.6 | 14.3:1 | 54% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 20.1 | 13.7:1 | 56% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 52% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 20 | 13.5:1 | 61% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 55% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 49% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 61% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ricardo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (269 to 210); teachers down 25% (20 to 15).
About Ricardo Middle School
Ricardo Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in KINGSVILLE, Texas. Enrollment stands at 210 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 67% below the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
Ricardo Middle School sits within RICARDO ISD, which has 2 schools and 659 students.
The share of students at Ricardo Middle School who are Hispanic is 84%. Other students are 14% White. By comparison, Kleberg County residents are about 71% Hispanic. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Ricardo Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ricardo Middle School is 14.0:1, based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 14.4:1. Ricardo Middle School counts 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kleberg County, the average is 70%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Ricardo Middle School outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Ricardo Middle School is a top-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.5% with an actual 67.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Kleberg County show that the median household earns about $61,292 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Across Kleberg County, 13 public schools serve about 4,746 students.
The closest school to Ricardo Middle School is Ricardo Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ricardo Middle School is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 22%, from 269 to 210.
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Kleberg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,579
Census ACS
Median income
$61,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSVILLE
- H M King High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Harvey Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Gillett Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Ricardo Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Santa Gertrudis SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Santa Gertrudis Academy High SchoolHigh · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Ricardo Elementary School0.0 mi · 449
- H M King High School5.1 mi · 918
- Perez Elementary School5.3 mi · 364
- Harrel Elementary School6.3 mi · 311
- Harvey Elementary School6.4 mi · 486
- Jubilee Kingsville6.7 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Ricardo Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ricardo Middle School?
Ricardo Middle School enrolls approximately 210 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ricardo Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ricardo Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ricardo Middle School have?
Ricardo Middle School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Ricardo Middle School?
Ricardo Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Ricardo Middle School in?
Ricardo Middle School is part of RICARDO ISD.
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