📍 6101 N Bentsen Palm Dr, Mission, Hidalgo County, 78574
Juan de Dios Salinas Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mission, Hidalgo County. The school has 704 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leonel Pena. It is part of the La Joya Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Juan de Dios Salinas Middle enrolls 704 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 704 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
699 of the school's 704 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 691 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Juan de Dios Salinas Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 41.
Juan de Dios Salinas Middle is one of 37 schools in LA JOYA ISD, based in LA JOYA, Texas. The district serves 22,942 students district-wide and employs 1,792 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 704 students, Juan de Dios Salinas Middle is close to the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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