Middle · Texas
Jaime Escalante Middle
Free meals for allJaime Escalante Middle, a public middle school in Pharr, Texas: grades 6–8, 554 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 554
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.2
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 89% of middle schools in Texas
Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of middle schools in Texas
Median 633 · 1,741 schools compared
Larger than 53% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%49%proficient
+5.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Texas
Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared
533 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%29%proficient
−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 66% of middle schools in Texas
Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared
492 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.
Location
- Address
- 6123 S Cage, Pharr, TX 78577
- Phone
- (956)354-2670
- City or town
- Pharr
- County
- Hidalgo County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kennedy MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 519 | 10.5 | 45% | 38% |
Valley View J HFree meals for all | 7–8 | 516 | 14.2 | 57% | 54% |
Liberty MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 742 | 11.8 | 48% | 36% |
Austin MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 833 | 12.1 | 53% | 46% |
Diaz J HFree meals for all | 6–8 | 615 | 11.9 | 42% | 32% |
Travis MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 505 | 11.5 | 45% | 39% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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