📍 1202 N Monmack Rd, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, 78539
B L Garza Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Edinburg, Hidalgo County. The school has 1,056 pupils enrolled. The Principal is George Espinoza. It is part of the Edinburg Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 88.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
B L Garza Middle enrolls 1,056 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 88.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,042 | 99% |
| White | 6 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
861 of the school's 1,056 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 829 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
B L Garza Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 40.
B L Garza Middle is one of 46 schools in EDINBURG CISD, based in EDINBURG, Texas. The district serves 33,343 students district-wide and employs 2,305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,056 students, B L Garza Middle is larger than the district average of about 725 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize