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What's the one class at SHARYLAND NORTH J H every student should take?
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Enrollment
791
Middle
DISTRICT 783 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993010823
Sharyland North Junior High School
1500 DOVE, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 686-1415 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools
- A-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.
- AThree-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
16.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
549 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 7 | 391 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 400 | 51% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 28.0% | 16.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Sharyland North Junior High School
Sharyland North Junior High School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharyland North Junior High School this school | 791 | 69.4% | 55.0% |
| Gutierrez Middle School HARLINGEN | 747 | 69.7% | 48.6% |
| Cathey Middle School MCALLEN | 827 | 70.0% | 55.4% |
| Moises Vela Middle School HARLINGEN | 761 | 66.4% | 51.9% |
| Resaca Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 870 | 71.0% | 47.4% |
| San Felipe Memorial Middle School DEL RIO | 671 | 70.6% | 43.0% |
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 Sharyland North Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #350 of 1,635 | #6 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #198 of 1,670 ▲ 7 | #3 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #458 of 1,670 ▲ 102 | #10 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #223 of 1,570 | #2 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #574 of 1,749 | #18 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,133 of 1,542 | #48 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #1,373 of 1,543 | #5 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #728 of 1,648 | #48 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #671 of 942 | #33 of 44 |
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
791
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 791 | 49.2 | 16.1:1 | 69% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 50.1 | 15.4:1 | 72% (559) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 52.1 | 15.5:1 | 74% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 55 | 15.1:1 | 68% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 867 | 55.8 | 15.6:1 | 63% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 899 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 66% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 61% (486) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharyland North Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (867 to 791); teachers down 12% (55.8 to 49.2).
About Sharyland North Junior High School
Sharyland North Junior High School is a medium-sized middle school in Texas, located in MCALLEN. Its 791 students are spread across grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
Sharyland North Junior High School is run by SHARYLAND ISD, whose 13 schools enroll 9,844 students.
The student body at Sharyland North Junior High School is 93% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% White. The county population is about 92% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Sharyland North Junior High School's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 49.2 full-time equivalents, or about 16.1 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 69%. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Sharyland North Junior High School is A. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sharyland North Junior High School is 10.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.0%. Predicted: 44.0%.
Among Hidalgo County residents, the median household income is $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Besides Sharyland North Junior High School, Hidalgo County has 363 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Sharyland North Junior High School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Donna Wernecke Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sharyland North Junior High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Sharyland North Junior High School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 40 fewer students in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Sharyland North Junior High School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHARYLAND ISD
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- B L Gray Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- John H Shary Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Donna Wernecke Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Donna Wernecke Elementary School0.2 mi · 631
- Lucile Hendricks Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- Castaneda Elementary School1.4 mi · 374
- De Leon Middle School1.5 mi · 664
- Garza Elementary School1.5 mi · 409
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School1.5 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Sharyland North Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sharyland North Junior High School?
Sharyland North Junior High School enrolls approximately 791 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Sharyland North Junior High School serve?
Sharyland North Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharyland North Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharyland North Junior High School is approximately 16.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sharyland North Junior High School?
At Sharyland North Junior High School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Sharyland North Junior High School?
Sharyland North Junior High School is overseen by SHARYLAND ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.