Ann Richards Middle School

Size

Of the 8 middle schools in La Joya ISD, Ann Richards Middle School is the largest, with 2.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.4 miles away and have a median of 613 students, so Ann Richards Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 7 with 243 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 206, against an average of 222 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 206 in grade 6 and 216 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

92.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.3% across La Joya ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Ann Richards Middle School has 40.58 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 665 students would have about 46.2 teachers, so Ann Richards Middle School has 5.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Cesar Chavez Middle School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. There are 10 middle schools within 5 miles and 18 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.