SANTA MARIA MIDDLE

SANTA MARIA MIDDLE is one of the minimally staffed middle-grades schools in SANTA MARIA, Texas, one of the schools within SANTA MARIA ISD, with 123 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 81% below the state mean of about 643.

Across the 3 schools in SANTA MARIA ISD (512 students total), SANTA MARIA MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SANTA MARIA MIDDLE records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SANTA MARIA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 26.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household earnings sit near $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SANTA MARIA MIDDLE is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

TONY GONZALEZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 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), SANTA MARIA MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANTA MARIA MIDDLE has rose 78%, going from 69 students in 2018 to 123 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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