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Best Middle Schools in Cameron County, TX

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17,389

Students

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5-star schools

Top rankedCollegiate Academy161^st of 2,359 Texas middle schools

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Biggest riser

Vela Middle up 510 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Santa Maria Middle 9.7 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)				STAAR Mathematics (2026)				STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Vela Middle	Public	6-8	4905 Paredes Line Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-7770	658	46	14.2	82.8%	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	647 (98.3%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61.8	711^th of 2359 public middle schools	69.9%		45	1221^st of 2344 public middle schools	47.9%	510	92.2	100.0	100.0		63.8	64.9	48.6		52.9	4.3	38.9	46.1	$13,183
Faulk Middle	Public	6-8	2000 Roosevelt St	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-8500	885	61	14.4	96.3%	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	876 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.8	1077^th of 2359 public middle schools	54.3%		37.6	1471^st of 2344 public middle schools	37.2%	394	95.2	100.0	100.0		54.7	47.0	43.6		56.0	6.3	41.8	39.0	$11,839
Stell Middle	Public	6-8	1105 Los Ebanos Blvd	Brownsville	78520	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-8560	733	56	13.1	91.7%	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	724 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34.6	1591^st of 2359 public middle schools	32.6%		31.1	1693^rd of 2344 public middle schools	27.8%	102	87.9	95.6	98.5		45.0	50.6	40.4		28.3	1.6	42.3	21.9	$12,108
Besteiro Middle	Public	6-8	6280 Southmost Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 544-3900	558	46	12.1	94.4%	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	547 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38	1475^th of 2359 public middle schools	37.5%		43.7	1273^rd of 2344 public middle schools	45.7%	202	88.7	100.0	98.2		44.2	40.9	44.5		42.9	1.2	45.8	25.5	$14,472
Oliveira Middle	Public	6-8	444 Land O' Lakes	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-8530	699	58	11.9	94.8%	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	693 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45.4	1205^th of 2359 public middle schools	48.9%		41.7	1339^th of 2344 public middle schools	42.9%	134	76.0	100.0	100.0		53.6	51.9	42.1		35.3	9.5	59.4	21.8	$12,648
Perkins Middle	Public	6-8	4750 Austin Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 831-8770	480	40	12.0	98.3%	16 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	464 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.1	1669^th of 2359 public middle schools	29.2%		22.4	1964^th of 2344 public middle schools	16.2%	295	78.2	100.0	100.0		51.7	41.4	46.7		23.5	1.5	35.4	23.4	$14,111
Lucio Middle	Public	6-8	300 N Vermillion Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 831-4550	627	47	13.4	99.7%	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	621 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.7	1389^th of 2359 public middle schools	41.1%		43.1	1297^th of 2344 public middle schools	44.7%	92	96.9	92.9	100.0		50.0	53.5	45.3		28.5	5.0	56.0	18.5	$12,266
Garcia Middle	Public	6-8	5701 Fm 802	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 832-6300	870	59	14.8	87.7%	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	867 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44.3	1240^th of 2359 public middle schools	47.4%		36.6	1507^th of 2344 public middle schools	35.7%	267	53.1	98.1	100.0		54.8	53.2	47.0		32.3	2.8	48.9	23.8	$11,132
Stillman Middle	Public	6-8	2977 W Tandy Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 698-1000	964	66	14.5	67.7%	11 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	944 (97.9%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	65.7	600^th of 2359 public middle schools	74.6%		68.7	568^th of 2344 public middle schools	75.8%	32	92.7	98.7	98.8		65.3	63.3	64.0		52.4	14.6	56.5	29.2	$10,345
Manzano Middle	Public	6-8	2580 W Alton Gloor	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-9800	837	60	14.0	81.2%	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	831 (99.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54.4	915^th of 2359 public middle schools	61.2%		62.1	744^th of 2344 public middle schools	68.3%	171	85.9	100.0	100.0		61.2	64.0	50.5		39.3	0.0	56.8	18.4	$11,103
Coakley Middle	Public	6-8	1402 S 6th St	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3000	687	55	12.5	82.8%	44 (6.4%)	3 (0.4%)	634 (92.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	33.8	1619^th of 2359 public middle schools	31.4%		34.7	1567^th of 2344 public middle schools	33.1%	52	68.3				54.0	49.8	43.4		30.1	12.8	40.8	9.8	$10,410
Memorial Middle	Public	6-8	1901 Rio Hondo Rd	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3020	705	58	12.1	89.2%	43 (6.1%)	5 (0.7%)	654 (92.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	63.5	674^th of 2359 public middle schools	71.4%		58.8	828^th of 2344 public middle schools	64.7%	154	90.1				58.6	67.4	60.4		40.1	26.2	72.8	25.2	$11,446
Vernon Middle	Public	6-8	125 S 13th St	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3040	631	59	10.7	86.5%	18 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	609 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	46.4	1168^th of 2359 public middle schools	50.5%		44.2	1249^th of 2344 public middle schools	46.7%	81	78.9				42.4	54.2	62.8		34.9	7.8	48.4	27.4	$12,143
Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	3205 W Wilson Rd	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 430-4400	747	60	12.4	69.7%	20 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	717 (96.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	69.8	522^nd of 2359 public middle schools	77.9%		58.7	831^st of 2344 public middle schools	64.5%	309	74.2				65.6	68.6	68.9		42.8	22.7	65.2	33.1	$9,990
Cameron County J J A E P	Public	7-9	1409 E Harrison St	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(956) 361-8271	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Moises Vela Middle	Public	6-8	801 S Palm Blvd	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3479	761	57	13.2	66.4%	39 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	717 (94.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	71.7	482^nd of 2359 public middle schools	79.6%		65.7	641^st of 2344 public middle schools	72.7%	159	93.1				60.4	63.1	68.9		42.9	27.7	66.7	50.5	$11,075
W B Green Middle	Public	6-8	501 N Canal St	La Feria	78559	Cameron County	La Feria Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 797-8400	391	34	11.6	80.1%	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	380 (97.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28.1	1805^th of 2359 public middle schools	23.5%		30.8	1705^th of 2344 public middle schools	27.3%	100	63.5				47.6	45.7	45.1		25.5	9.9	24.1	16.9	$11,251
Resaca Middle	Public	6-8	205 Rancho Alto	Brownsville	78566	Cameron County	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 254-5159	870	51	17.1	71.0%	24 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	840 (96.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	60.4	747^th of 2359 public middle schools	68.3%		56.4	883^rd of 2344 public middle schools	62.3%	136	97.7	100.0			62.1	61.3	65.4		31.4	20.2	55.4	32.5	$9,438
Los Cuates Middle	Public	6-8	33422 Farm Rd 1575	Los Fresnos	78566	Cameron County	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 254-5182	825	50	16.6	78.2%	23 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	801 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	66.2	593^rd of 2359 public middle schools	74.9%		69.7	542^nd of 2344 public middle schools	76.9%	51	69.5	100.0			59.1	70.6	63.6		46.3	28.5	64.2	26.4	$9,554
Liberty Memorial Middle	Public	6-8	31579 Fm 2893	San Benito	78566	Cameron County	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 233-3900	673	49	13.7	84.0%	15 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	657 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47.6	1125^th of 2359 public middle schools	52.3%		47.7	1147^th of 2344 public middle schools	51.1%	22	100.0	100.0			50.0	53.0	52.0		30.1	16.2	67.3	20.6	$11,681
Port Isabel J H	Public	6-8	17001 Hwy 100	Port Isabel	78578	Cameron County	Point Isabel Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 943-0060	396	32	12.2	84.3%	25 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	367 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	33.3	1634^th of 2359 public middle schools	30.7%		32.2	1653^rd of 2344 public middle schools	29.5%	19	53.3				44.7	47.8	59.3		15.5	7.8	30.1	22.8	$14,450
South Texas Independent School District (Isd) Rising Scholars Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	151 S Helen Moore Rd	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	South Texas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 399-4358	781	49	15.8	57.0%	26 (3.3%)	5 (0.6%)	729 (93.3%)	18 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	86.3	206^th of 2359 public middle schools	91.3%		89	167^th of 2344 public middle schools	92.9%	39	74.4	92.6	100.0		70.2	79.2	83.3		59.7		57.0	53.0	$14,953
Rio Hondo Middle	Public	5-8	23001 State Hwy 345	Rio Hondo	78583	Cameron County	Rio Hondo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 748-1150	434	29	14.9	86.9%	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	422 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24.7	1923^rd of 2359 public middle schools	18.5%		27.8	1805^th of 2344 public middle schools	23.0%	118	54.3			59.3	50.0	44.3	48.1	38.9	15.1	1.5	16.4	14.9	$8,537
Berta Cabaza Middle	Public	6-8	2901 Shafer Rd	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 361-6600	695	46	14.9	80.0%	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	682 (98.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27.6	1817^th of 2359 public middle schools	23.0%		30.9	1700^th of 2344 public middle schools	27.5%	117	46.0				41.9	28.4	58.5		17.8	10.7	31.3	14.4	$10,602
San Benito Riverside Middle	Public	6-8	35428 Padilla St	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 361-6940	558	43	12.9	90.1%	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	553 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33.5	1630^th of 2359 public middle schools	30.9%		35.7	1531^st of 2344 public middle schools	34.7%	99	80.5				38.8	17.5	62.7		17.6	9.5	45.8	18.5	$12,608
Miller Jordan Middle	Public	6-8	700 N McCullough	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 361-6650	477	41	11.7	94.5%	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	470 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29.7	1752^nd of 2359 public middle schools	25.7%		23.8	1921^st of 2344 public middle schools	18.0%	169	63.8				59.9	16.7	48.6		20.8	9.6	30.7	14.0	$11,762
Collegiate Academy	Public	6-8	2115 N Williams Rd	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(956) 361-6100	117	9	12.5	70.1%	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	89.3	161^st of 2359 public middle schools	93.2%		70	533^rd of 2344 public middle schools	77.3%	372	60.5	92.1	81.6		94.4		87.5		86.1		65.0	39.5	$9,023
Santa Maria Middle	Public	6-8	11142 Military Rd	Santa Maria	78592	Cameron County	Santa Maria Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 565-5348	123	13	9.7	98.4%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	122 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.9	1649^th of 2359 public middle schools	30.1%		27.7	1807^th of 2344 public middle schools	22.9%	158	93.3				56.5	33.3	40.0		39.1	36.1	32.0	7.5	$15,130
Jo Nelson Middle	Public	6-8	102 S Main	Santa Rosa	78593	Cameron County	Santa Rosa Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 636-9850	206	20	10.3	89.3%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	205 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42.6	1310^th of 2359 public middle schools	44.5%		39	1423^rd of 2344 public middle schools	39.3%	113	100.0				51.0	41.3	59.3		26.5	45.3	33.8	21.0	$13,020

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