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Enrollment
730
Middle
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZAPATA COUNTY ISD·NCES 484671005352
Zapata Middle School
702 E 17TH AVE, ZAPATA, TX 78076 · (956) 765-6542 · Zapata County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
644 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 6 | 235 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 245 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 34% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Zapata Middle School→Zapata High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ZAPATA COUNTY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Zapata Middle School
Zapata Middle School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapata Middle School this school | 730 | 88.2% | 30.0% |
| Harlandale Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 89.2% | 28.2% |
| Roma Middle School ROMA | 776 | 90.2% | 50.0% |
| Ricardo Molina Middle School LAREDO | 769 | 90.4% | 49.0% |
| Whittier Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 656 | 89.2% | 27.3% |
| Antonio Gonzalez Middle School LAREDO | 664 | 90.2% | 47.2% |
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 Zapata Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,390 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,494 of 1,670 ▼ 378 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,197 of 1,670 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #658 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #691 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #172 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #1,504 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #300 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #773 of 942 |
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
730
-104 (-12%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 730 | 60.8 | 12.0:1 | 88% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 59.4 | 12.6:1 | 89% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 57.1 | 13.7:1 | 83% (653) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 54 | 15.4:1 | 88% (736) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 49.4 | 15.6:1 | 82% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 82% (628) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 74% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 84% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zapata Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (772 to 730); teachers up 23% (49.4 to 60.8).
About Zapata Middle School
Zapata Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle-grades school in ZAPATA, Texas. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 730 students.
ZAPATA COUNTY ISD has 6 schools and 3,290 students, and Zapata Middle School is one of those schools.
At Zapata Middle School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. The chance that two students picked at random at Zapata Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
Zapata Middle School employs 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 88% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Zapata County, the average is about the same, 89%.
Zapata Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Zapata Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 30.0% actual against 36.0% predicted.
Within Zapata County, median household income is about $39,239, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 36%. Federal data list 6 public schools in Zapata County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,290.
Of nearby public schools, Zapata North Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The school's 30.0% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Zapata Middle School in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
The number of students dropped from 834 to 730 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Zapata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,841
Census ACS
Median income
$39,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
36%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,290 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ZAPATA COUNTY ISD
- Zapata High SchoolHigh · 1,065 students
- Zapata North Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Fidel and Andrea R Villarreal Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Zapata South Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Benavides Elementary SchoolElementary · 51 students
Other schools in ZAPATA
- Zapata High SchoolHigh · 1,065 students
- Zapata North Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Fidel and Andrea R Villarreal Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Zapata South Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Zapata North Elementary School0.2 mi · 571
- Fidel and Andrea R Villarreal Elementary School0.7 mi · 445
- Zapata South Elementary School0.9 mi · 428
- Zapata High School1.5 mi · 1,065
- Benavides Elementary School13.7 mi · 51
- Kennedy Zapata Elementary School31.9 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Zapata Middle SchoolHow large is Zapata Middle School?
Zapata Middle School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Zapata Middle School serve?
Zapata Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Zapata Middle School have?
Zapata Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Zapata Middle School?
Zapata Middle School reports a student body of 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Zapata Middle School?
Zapata Middle School is overseen by ZAPATA COUNTY ISD in Zapata County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.