📍 6123 S Cage, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Jaime Escalante Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 566 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Raymundo Monrreal. It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 54.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jaime Escalante Middle enrolls 566 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 54.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
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 | 560 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
560 of the school's 566 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 560 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.
Jaime Escalante Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 36.
Jaime Escalante Middle is one of 43 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, based in PHARR, Texas. The district serves 29,613 students district-wide and employs 2,069 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 566 students, Jaime Escalante Middle is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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