📍 702 e 17th Ave, Zapata, Zapata County, 78076
Zapata Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Zapata, Zapata County. The school has 784 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marlen Guerra. It is part of the Zapata County Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Zapata Middle enrolls 784 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 773 | 99% |
| White | 9 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
653 of the school's 784 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 653 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.
Zapata Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 21, state house district 80.
Zapata Middle is one of 6 schools in ZAPATA COUNTY ISD, based in ZAPATA, Texas. The district serves 3,290 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 784 students, Zapata Middle is larger than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote