Summary:
The Presidio Independent School District (Isd) is home to one middle school, Lucy Rede Franco Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 with 221 students in a highly economically disadvantaged community where nearly 95% of students receive free or reduced lunch.
Lucy Rede Franco Middle presents a story of stark contrasts. On one hand, the school achieves a remarkable 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I for 8th graders, far exceeding state averages, suggesting a strong advanced math program for select students. However, this success is overshadowed by a severe "foundation crisis" in 6th-grade math, where only 3.53% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—a staggering gap compared to the state average of 38.57%. This weakness in early middle school math is likely the primary driver of the school's declining state ranking, which fell from the 35th percentile (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 10th percentile (1 star) in 2025-2026. Reading scores also lag behind state averages, and 8th-grade social studies proficiency (13.95%) is less than half the state average (31.69%).
Performance is highly inconsistent from year to year, indicating that outcomes may depend more on the specific group of students than on stable instruction. For example, 8th-grade reading proficiency dropped from 56.94% (above state average) in 2024-2025 to 30.23% in 2025-2026. While the school benefits from a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1 and per-student spending of $12,488, these resources are not translating into broad academic success. The primary takeaway for parents is that Lucy Rede Franco Middle urgently needs to focus on building foundational math skills in 6th grade to prevent students from falling irreparably behind, while its advanced math program remains a notable bright spot.
Thank you for your feedback!