Summary:
The Medina Valley Independent School District (Isd) is home to two middle schools serving grades 6-8: Medina Valley Middle and Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle. Both schools are large, with enrollments of 1,157 and 1,046 students respectively, and share nearly identical student-teacher ratios (around 19:1) and per-student spending (roughly $9,000-$9,600). The district itself ranks in the 59th percentile statewide, indicating solid, above-average performance.
Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle stands out as the higher-performing school overall. It consistently outranks Medina Valley Middle, currently sitting in the 68th percentile compared to its counterpart's 56th percentile. Loma Alta also leads in Reading proficiency across all three grade levels, with its 6th-grade Reading score (56.5%) nearly 7 points higher than Medina Valley Middle's (49.76%). However, Medina Valley Middle excels in one area: 8th-grade Math, where it achieved a 50.24% proficiency rate, slightly outperforming Loma Alta (47.97%) and both the district and state averages. Both schools have very low dropout rates, though Medina Valley Middle's rate (0.7%) is below the district average while Loma Alta's (1.2%) is above it.
A standout finding is the "Algebra I Anomaly": both schools achieve over 92% proficiency on the Algebra I End-of-Course exam, a dramatic leap from their 30-50% scores in regular 6th-8th grade math. This suggests only advanced students take the course, creating a highly successful cohort. A key concern is the declining state rankings for both schools, which have dropped from the top 30% of Texas middle schools in 2023-2024 to the 56th and 68th percentiles by 2025-2026. Additionally, 8th-grade Social Studies is a district-wide challenge, with Medina Valley Middle scoring an alarmingly low 17.94% proficiency, far below the state average of 31.69%, while Loma Alta (35.02%) performs above it.
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