RIO HONDO MIDDLE

Located at 23001 STATE HWY 345, in RIO HONDO, Texas, RIO HONDO MIDDLE is an intimate 6-8 campus that instructs 434 students (grades 5 through 8), part of RIO HONDO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

Within RIO HONDO ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,437 students, RIO HONDO MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RIO HONDO MIDDLE lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 2% White.

On the resource side, On paper, RIO HONDO MIDDLE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, RIO HONDO MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which RIO HONDO MIDDLE is one.

RIO HONDO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIO HONDO MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIO HONDO MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 434).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.