Valley View Junior High School
Public middle school in Pharr, Texas · Valley View ISD · Grades 7–8
Valley View Junior High School serves 516 students in grades 7–8 in Pharr (Hidalgo County). It is one of 6 schools in Valley View ISD. By enrollment it is the 1067th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 14.2 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 ÷ 36.36 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 7–8 |
| District | Valley View ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484380012094 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Valley View ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 516 | 3,444 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 14.2 | 15.6 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.2% | 92.9% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 46% 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.
Valley View Junior High School in context
Size
Valley View Junior High School is the only middle school in Valley View ISD. Its 516 students are 15% of the district's 3,444. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 5.7 miles away and have a median of 598 students, so Valley View Junior High 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 267 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 249, against an average of 258 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 267 in grade 7 and 249 in grade 8.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
93.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.9% across Valley View 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
Valley View Junior High School has 36.36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 516 students would have about 35.8 teachers, so Valley View Junior High School has about as many as that.
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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Diaz Junior High School, 2.1 miles away in Hidalgo ISD. There are 3 middle schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.6% |
| White | 0.4% |
50.4% of students are girls and 49.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 267 |
| Grade 8 | 249 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
9601 S Jackson Rd, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)340-1300
Website: vviewisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Valley View Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diaz Junior High School | Hidalgo ISD | 2.1 mi | 615 | 11.9 | 87.5% |
| Jaime Escalante Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 2.4 mi | 554 | 11 | 98.2% |
| Kennedy Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 4.3 mi | 519 | 10.5 | 96.7% |
| Liberty Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 5.4 mi | 742 | 11.8 | 93.9% |
| Travis Middle School | McAllen ISD | 5.9 mi | 505 | 11.5 | 95.4% |
| Brown Middle School | McAllen ISD | 6.0 mi | 580 | 11.5 | 87.2% |
| B L Gray Junior High School | Sharyland ISD | 6.3 mi | 775 | 16.4 | 60.8% |
| Austin Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 6.6 mi | 833 | 12.1 | 90.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Valley View ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 446 |
| Valley View High School | High | 9–12 | 1,227 |
| Valley View North Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 372 |
| Valley View South Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 353 |
| Wilbur E Lucas Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 530 |