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What do students at SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
820
High
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH TEXAS ISD·NCES 483715005908
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
10650 N EXPY 77/83, OLMITO, TX 78575 · (956) 214-6100 · Cameron County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL820 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
536 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
83.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 22 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
820
-28 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.0:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
96%
was 94%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS operates as a reasonably sized four-year high school in OLMITO, Texas, one of the schools within SOUTH TEXAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 820 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
SOUTH TEXAS ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,639 students. SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 2% White.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cameron County's rate of about 84%.
After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.3%; actual is 67.5%, +22.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is DORA ROMERO EL, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS has contracted 3%, going from 848 students in 2018 to 820 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH TEXAS ISD
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMYHigh · 840 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMYMiddle · 802 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONSHigh · 781 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMYMiddle · 781 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD WORLD SCHOLARSHigh · 403 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMYHigh · 212 students
Nearby schools
- DORA ROMERO EL1.7 mi · 552
- VILLAREAL EL2.3 mi · 444
- OLMITO EL3.5 mi · 538
- LOS CUATES MIDDLE3.6 mi · 825
- LOS FRESNOS EL3.7 mi · 549
- RANCHO VERDE EL4.1 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONSWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS enrolls approximately 820 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS serve?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS have?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Asian.
What district is SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS in?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS is part of SOUTH TEXAS ISD.
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