RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE

RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school in LAREDO, Texas, run under UNITED ISD. The school serves 769 students in grades 6 through 8.

UNITED ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 40,742 students. RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 51.9%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Webb County) shows that median household earnings sit near $63,058, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).

SALINAS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICARDO MOLINA MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.