RINGGOLD MIDDLE

Located at 144 FM 3167, in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, RINGGOLD MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that serves 639 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD.

Within RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD, which oversees 15 schools and 9,316 students, RINGGOLD MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, RINGGOLD MIDDLE lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RINGGOLD MIDDLE has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at RINGGOLD MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RINGGOLD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Starr County put the typical household earns roughly $37,639 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RINGGOLD MIDDLE is one of 29 public schools in Starr County (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students).

Nearest neighbor: PREPARATORY FOR EARLY COLLEGE H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RINGGOLD MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RINGGOLD MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 753 students in 2018 compared to 639 in 2025.

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