📍 1602 27th St S, Hondo, Medina County, 78861
McDowell Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hondo, Medina County. The school has 420 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tim Graff. It is part of the Hondo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
McDowell Middle enrolls 420 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 295 | 70% |
| White | 116 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 420 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 245 qualify for free lunch and 21 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McDowell Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 19, state house district 53.
McDowell Middle is one of 4 schools in HONDO ISD, based in HONDO, Texas. The district serves 1,727 students district-wide and employs 128 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 420 students, McDowell Middle is close to the district average of about 432 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant