Memorial Middle School
Public middle school in Mission, Texas · La Joya ISD · Grades 6–8
Memorial Middle School serves 663 students in grades 6–8 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 36 schools in La Joya ISD. By enrollment it is the 821st largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 13.9 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 47.53 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | La Joya ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482613017001 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | La Joya ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 663 | 22,942 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 83.3% | 92.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 41% 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 Middle School in context
Size
Memorial Middle School is the 2nd largest of La Joya ISD's 8 middle schools; its 663 students are 2.9% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 657; Memorial 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 231 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 205, against an average of 221 per grade. This year grade 8 has 11% more students than grade 6 (227 against 205). 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
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
83.3% of its students are eligible 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
With 47.53 full-time-equivalent teachers for 663 students, Memorial Middle School has 13.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 663 students would have about 46 teachers, so Memorial Middle School has 1.5 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Memorial Middle School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other middle school is Irene M Garcia Middle School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 21 other middle schools, 10 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 | 99.7% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| White | 0.2% |
47.7% of students are girls and 52.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 205 |
| Grade 7 | 231 |
| Grade 8 | 227 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2610 N Moorefield Rd, Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956)323-2820
Website: lajoyaisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Memorial Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irene M Garcia Middle School | La Joya ISD | 0.4 mi | 601 | 14.1 | 86.4% |
| White Junior High School | Mission CISD | 1.1 mi | 831 | 13.6 | 85.8% |
| IDEA Palmview College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 1.5 mi | 446 | 14.6 | 99.6% |
| Mission Junior High School | Mission CISD | 2.2 mi | 711 | 11.5 | 74.4% |
| Ann Richards Middle School | La Joya ISD | 3.0 mi | 665 | 16.4 | 92.9% |
| Domingo Trevino Middle School | La Joya ISD | 3.5 mi | 531 | 12 | 97.4% |
| Alton Memorial Junior High School | Mission CISD | 3.6 mi | 819 | 12.9 | 93.7% |
| Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School | La Joya ISD | 3.7 mi | 648 | 13.2 | 97.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.