📍 11142 Military Rd, Santa Maria, Cameron County, 78592
Santa Maria Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Santa Maria, Cameron County. The school has 129 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yadira Cortez. It is part of the Santa Maria Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Santa Maria Middle enrolls 129 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 99% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
129 of the school's 129 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 128 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Santa Maria 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 38.
Santa Maria Middle is one of 5 schools in SANTA MARIA ISD, based in SANTA MARIA, Texas. The district serves 512 students district-wide and employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 129 students, Santa Maria Middle is larger than the district average of about 102 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe