TRAVIS MIDDLE

Set in MCALLEN, Texas, TRAVIS MIDDLE is a low-enrollment junior high, one of the schools within MCALLEN ISD. It caters to 505 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 31 schools in MCALLEN ISD (19,890 students total), TRAVIS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TRAVIS MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TRAVIS MIDDLE lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TRAVIS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.2%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), TRAVIS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FIELDS EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TRAVIS MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, TRAVIS MIDDLE comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRAVIS MIDDLE has decreased 7%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025.

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