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Alumni: what's one memory from ROMA MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
776
Middle
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMA ISD·NCES 483774004230
Roma Middle School
2047 N US HWY 83, ROMA, TX 78584 · (956) 849-1434 · Starr County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
700 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 246 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 36% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Roma Middle School→Roma High School
Based on grade levels within ROMA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +44.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 Roma Middle School
Roma Middle School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roma Middle School this school | 776 | 90.2% | 50.0% |
| Ricardo Molina Middle School LAREDO | 769 | 90.4% | 49.0% |
| Mary Hoge Middle School WESLACO | 830 | 90.8% | 36.3% |
| Austin Middle School SAN JUAN | 833 | 90.3% | 47.8% |
| Harlandale Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 89.2% | 28.2% |
| Stell Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 733 | 91.7% | 38.0% |
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 Roma Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #505 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #373 of 1,670 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #760 of 1,670 ▲ 82 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,046 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #608 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #200 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #1,541 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #245 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #427 of 437 |
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
776
+48 (+7%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,292
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 776 | 63.6 | 12.2:1 | 90% (700) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 64.2 | 12.3:1 | 85% (675) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 59.6 | 13.1:1 | 87% (675) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 54 | 13.5:1 | 87% (633) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 54.1 | 14.3:1 | 81% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 54 | 12.9:1 | 85% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 54 | 12.7:1 | 33% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 849 | 67 | 12.7:1 | 34% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 1,292 | 45 | 28.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roma Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (771 to 776); teachers up 18% (54.1 to 63.6).
About Roma Middle School
Students in ROMA, Texas, attend Roma Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. School enrollment was 776 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students.
ROMA ISD (10 schools, 6,019 students) runs Roma Middle School.
At Roma Middle School, Hispanic students make up 100% of the student body. That is close to the 97% Hispanic share among all Starr County residents. Roma Middle School has a diversity index of 0%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 63.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Eligible students account for 90% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Roma Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Roma Middle School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.8 points (50.0% versus 35.2%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Starr County show that median household income is about $37,639, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 31% of residents are in poverty. Roma Middle School is one of 29 public schools in Starr County, which together enroll about 16,900 students.
The next-closest public school is Roma High School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Roma Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Roma Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students grew from 728 to 776 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Starr County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,067
Census ACS
Median income
$37,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
16,900 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROMA ISD
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Ramiro Barrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Emma Vera Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Delia Gonzalez Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Other schools in ROMA
- Roma High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Florence J Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Emma Vera Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Rt Barrera Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Roma High School0.2 mi · 1,721
- Emma Vera Elementary School0.3 mi · 504
- Florence J Scott Elementary School2.3 mi · 550
- Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School2.5 mi · 526
- Instructional & Guidance Center4.3 mi · 33
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School5.1 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Roma Middle SchoolHow large is Roma Middle School?
Roma Middle School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades 06-08.
Is Roma Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roma Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Roma Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Roma Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Roma Middle School?
Student demographics at Roma Middle School are roughly 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Roma Middle School?
Roma Middle School is overseen by ROMA ISD in Starr County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.