Memorial Junior High School
Public middle school in Eagle Pass, Texas · Eagle Pass ISD · Grades 7–8
Memorial Junior High School serves 927 students in grades 7–8 in Eagle Pass (Maverick County). It is one of 24 schools in Eagle Pass ISD. By enrollment it is the 369th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 17.9 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 51.83 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 7–8 |
| District | Eagle Pass ISD |
| County | Maverick County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481773006245 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Eagle Pass ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 927 | 13,820 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 17.9 | 17.9 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 86.4% | 78.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 92% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Memorial Junior High School in context
Size
Memorial Junior High School is the smallest of Eagle Pass ISD's 2 middle schools; its 927 students are 6.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 41.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 554; Memorial Junior High School is larger than most of them.
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 496 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 431, against an average of 464 per grade. This year grade 8 has 13% fewer students than grade 7 (431 against 496). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.3% here and 97.1% across Eagle Pass ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
86.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.3% across Eagle Pass 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
With 51.83 full-time-equivalent teachers for 927 students, Memorial Junior High School has 17.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 927 students would have about 64.4 teachers, so Memorial Junior High School has 12.6 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Memorial Junior High School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other middle school is Eagle Pass Junior High School, 3.1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there is 1 other middle school, 1 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3.1% |
| White | 0.4% |
| Black | 0.1% |
49.4% of students are girls and 50.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 496 |
| Grade 8 | 431 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1800 Lewis St, Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Phone: (830)758-7053
Website: sites.google.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Memorial Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Pass Junior High School | Eagle Pass ISD | 3.1 mi | 1,040 | 18.3 | 70.3% |
| Sterling H Fly Junior High School | Crystal City ISD | 39.2 mi | 355 | 14.8 | 76.1% |
| Carrizo Springs Intermediate School | Carrizo Springs CISD | 39.6 mi | 437 | 15.4 | 78.9% |
| Carrizo Springs Junior High School | Carrizo Springs CISD | 40.1 mi | 277 | 14 | 74.7% |
| Brackett Junior High School | Brackett ISD | 43.4 mi | 112 | 10.4 | 54.5% |
| San Felipe Memorial Middle School | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 52.4 mi | 671 | 19.7 | 70.6% |
| Del Rio Middle School | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 53.3 mi | 1,347 | 18.3 | 70.8% |
| Morales Junior High School | Uvalde CISD | 55.7 mi | 718 | 15.3 | 85.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.