📍 521 S los Ebanos Blvd, Alton, Hidalgo County, 78573
Alton Memorial J H is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Alton, Hidalgo County. The school has 819 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Garcia. It is part of the Mission Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alton Memorial J H enrolls 819 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 62.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 814 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
746 of the school's 819 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 735 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alton Memorial J H 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.
Alton Memorial J H is one of 24 schools in MISSION CISD, based in MISSION, Texas. The district serves 13,765 students district-wide and employs 971 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 819 students, Alton Memorial J H is larger than the district average of about 574 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large