VERNON MIDDLE

Located at 125 S 13TH ST, in HARLINGEN, Texas, VERNON MIDDLE is a mid-sized junior high that instructs 631 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by HARLINGEN CISD.

HARLINGEN CISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 17,506 students; VERNON MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, VERNON MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, VERNON MIDDLE records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VERNON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), VERNON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TRAVIS EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VERNON MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VERNON MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VERNON MIDDLE has ticked down 5%, going from 662 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.