Enrollment
361
Middle
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365007145
Salvador Garcia Middle School
499 PENA DR, RIO BRAVO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-5000 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- 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
13.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
354 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 136 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 31% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 18.0% | 30.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Salvador Garcia Middle School
Salvador Garcia Middle School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Garcia Middle School this school | 361 | 98.1% | 40.7% |
| Sgt William G Harrell Middle School MERCEDES | 390 | 97.7% | 23.8% |
| Edison Middle School HOUSTON | 388 | 99.7% | 43.8% |
| Martin Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 406 | 96.6% | 22.4% |
| Guillen Middle School EL PASO | 433 | 97.9% | 15.2% |
| Iltexas Bg Ramirez Middle School CLEVELAND | 418 | 95.5% | 21.5% |
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 Salvador Garcia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #901 of 1,635 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,037 of 1,670 ▲ 309 | #15 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,059 of 1,670 ▲ 194 | #17 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,084 of 1,570 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #1,322 of 1,749 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #576 of 1,542 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #1,505 of 1,543 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #37 of 1,648 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #259 of 942 | #7 of 13 |
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
361
-93 (-20%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 361 | 25.9 | 13.9:1 | 98% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 97% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 28.9 | 13.0:1 | 98% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 98% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 34.1 | 13.8:1 | 96% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 97% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 99% (626) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salvador Garcia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (470 to 361); teachers down 24% (34.1 to 25.9).
About Salvador Garcia Middle School
Families in RIO BRAVO, Texas, are served by Salvador Garcia Middle School, a small middle school. The latest federal count shows 361 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 44% lower.
Salvador Garcia Middle School is in UNITED ISD, a district with 40,742 students across 51 schools.
The large majority of students at Salvador Garcia Middle School, 99%, are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Salvador Garcia Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
Teachers at the school number 25.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. Middle schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 14.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Webb County, the average eligibility rate is 83%.
Salvador Garcia Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Salvador Garcia Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.7% and a predicted 31.8%.
Webb County census figures show that median household income is about $63,058, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. A total of 95 public schools operate in Webb County, serving about 63,717 students.
Nearby, United Step Academy is about 0.5 miles away. Salvador Garcia Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 47.5% on proficiency, and Salvador Garcia Middle School is below that at 40.7%.
Locale data from NCES put Salvador Garcia Middle School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 361 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 454.
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Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNITED ISD
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in RIO BRAVO
- Juarez/Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- United Step AcademyHigh · 167 students
Nearby schools
- United Step Academy0.5 mi · 167
- Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 535
- Kennedy Zapata Elementary School2.9 mi · 336
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School4.3 mi · 815
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle School4.4 mi · 757
- Lyndon B Johnson4.5 mi · 3,240
Frequently asked questions
About Salvador Garcia Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Salvador Garcia Middle School?
Salvador Garcia Middle School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Salvador Garcia Middle School serve?
Salvador Garcia Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Salvador Garcia Middle School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Salvador Garcia Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salvador Garcia Middle School?
At Salvador Garcia Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Salvador Garcia Middle School?
Salvador Garcia Middle School is overseen by UNITED ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.