Summary:
In zip code 78076, there is one middle school, Zapata Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Zapata, Texas area, which is part of the Zapata County Independent School District (Isd).
Zapata Middle has a total enrollment of 730 students and faces significant academic challenges, particularly in mathematics. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 4.1% of 7th graders were proficient in math, a catastrophic drop from 28.99% the previous year and far below the state average of 29.41%. The school's strongest area is 8th grade reading, where 50.21% of students were proficient, just 8.48 percentage points below the state average. The school's state ranking has declined to the 27th percentile (1 star) for 2025-2026, down from the 34th percentile (2 stars) the year prior. A notable positive is a 0.0% dropout rate, which is better than the district average of 0.6%.
With a student-teacher ratio of 12:1 and per-student spending of $9,884, the school has resources that are not translating into state-average performance, suggesting issues with instructional effectiveness rather than funding or class size. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 88.22% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, which is a critical context for understanding the academic data. Other persistent weaknesses include 8th grade social studies, with only 17.72% proficiency, and inconsistent performance across subjects, such as a 42.03% proficiency in 8th grade math compared to the 4.1% in 7th grade math. The 0% dropout rate is a significant achievement given these challenges, indicating the school successfully keeps students enrolled.
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