📍 33422 Farm Rd 1575, Los Fresnos, Cameron County, 78566
Resaca Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Los Fresnos, Cameron County. The school has 857 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Apolonia Renteria. It is part of the Los Fresnos Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Resaca Middle enrolls 857 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 840 | 98% |
| White | 11 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
661 of the school's 857 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 661 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Resaca Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 27, state house district 37.
Resaca Middle is one of 14 schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD, based in LOS FRESNOS, Texas. The district serves 10,357 students district-wide and employs 683 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 857 students, Resaca Middle is larger than the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe