Middle · Texas

Lorenzo de Zavala Middle

Free meals for all

Lorenzo de Zavala Middle, a public middle school in La Joya, Texas: grades 6–8, 545 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of La Joya 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: 545
Teachers (FTE): 42.9
Students per teacher: 12.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in Texas

Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% 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 52% 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%

41%proficient

−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Texas

Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared

551 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

30%proficient

−11.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 62% of middle schools in Texas

Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared

494 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: Rural area near a city
Run by: La Joya ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with La Joya ISD.

Location

Address: 603 N Tabasco St, La Joya, TX 78560
Phone: (956)323-2770
City or town: La Joya
County: Hidalgo County

Website Quality of life in La Joya Schools in La Joya

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
IDEA la Joya College PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all	6–9	344	11.4	40%	27%	0.1 mi
Cesar Chavez MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	625	15.4	48%	30%	3.4 mi
Ann Richards MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	665	16.4	40%	36%	4.1 mi
Dr Javier Saenz MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	601	13.2	35%	31%	6.1 mi
Irene M Garcia MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	601	14.1	53%	34%	6.7 mi
Juan de Dios Salinas MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	648	13.2	35%	28%	7.0 mi

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.

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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