Richardson Middle

Summary:

Richardson Middle is a public middle school located in El Paso, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 757. It is part of the El Paso Independent School District, which is ranked 610 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Richardson Middle stands out in several ways. It has a significantly higher Hispanic student population (72.79%) compared to the state average, and generally outperforms the district and state in STAAR test scores, particularly in reading. The school also excels in Algebra I end-of-course exam performance, with 90.8% of students proficient or better, far exceeding the district (40.58%) and state (44.73%) averages. However, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with struggles in serving Asian and Gifted and Talented students. Despite its academic strengths, Richardson Middle's statewide ranking has declined from a high of 4 stars to its current 2-star rating, suggesting it may be facing challenges in keeping up with the performance of other middle schools in Texas.

When compared to nearby schools, Richardson Middle generally outperforms other schools within the El Paso ISD, such as Brown Middle and Cpt Gabriel Navarrete Middle. However, it lags behind higher-performing schools like Idea Mesa Hills College Preparatory and Hornedo Middle, which are outside the district. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Richardson Middle (63.8%) suggests the school serves a relatively disadvantaged population, which may contribute to the challenges it faces in maintaining its academic performance and statewide ranking.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 11350 Loma Franklin Dr
       El Paso, TX  79934


(915) 236-6650

District: El Paso Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1310th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,573 Help


Students who attend Richardson Middle usually attend:

High:    Andress High School

Feeder schools for Richardson Middle:

Elementary:    Nixon Elementary
    Tom Lea Junior Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  753

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.7%
White:
11.3%
African American:
6.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Richardson Middle ranks worse than 55.5% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 3rd among 8 ranked middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.81. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73.7%), White (11.3%), African American (6.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Richardson Middle is 15.9, which is the 4th best among 8 middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Richardson Middle is $9,573. 5 middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Richardson Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Richardson Middle 1310th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Richardson Middle in the ranking list.)

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El Paso Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks El Paso Independent School District (Isd) 610th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Richardson Middle

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Rank History for all students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.09 870th 1573 44.7%
2005 41.15 1059th 1582 33.1%
2006 47.39 948th 1585 40.2%
2007 47.24 1024th 1684 39.2%
2008 58.31 764th 1718 55.5%
2009 59.16 781st 1763 55.7%
2010 50.31 1074th 1803 40.4%
2011 45.01 1274th 1895 32.8%
2012 68.69 524th 1951 73.1%
2013 71.96 440th 1973 77.7%
2014 62.96 712th 1987 64.2%
2015 72.66 456th 2043 77.7%
2016 68.60 589th 1987 70.4%
2017 64.01 580th 2027 71.4%
2018 63.34 588th 2080 71.7%
2019 66.72 554th 2193 74.7%
2021 52.33 966th 2252 57.1%
2022 53.00 940th 2254 58.3%
2023 44.30 1242nd 2330 46.7%
2024 42.81 1310th 2361 44.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.78 126th 720 82.5%
2019 62.29 246th 753 67.3%
2021 48.31 351st 743 52.8%
2022 55.24 319th 813 60.8%
2023 49.29 395th 817 51.7%
2024 35.33 537th 812 33.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.07 990th 1376 28.1%
2019 45.32 677th 1445 53.1%
2021 53.21 538th 1592 66.2%
2022 59.05 450th 1643 72.6%
2023 43.55 899th 1720 47.7%
2024 38.53 1060th 1760 39.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.48 613th 1597 61.6%
2019 54.63 489th 1626 69.9%
2021 54.16 518th 1712 69.7%
2022 54.86 526th 1757 70.1%
2023 48.05 722nd 1815 60.2%
2024 61.53 492nd 1881 73.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.35 350th 2039 82.8%
2019 71.59 350th 2073 83.1%
2021 51.69 908th 2172 58.2%
2022 51.75 930th 2220 58.1%
2023 43.45 1258th 2251 44.1%
2024 42.41 1233rd 2224 44.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.54 558th 2008 72.2%
2019 65.09 569th 2047 72.2%
2021 50.09 991st 2151 53.9%
2022 48.77 1038th 2221 53.3%
2023 42.97 1269th 2241 43.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.78 925th 1430 35.3%
2019 61.69 653rd 1446 54.8%
2021 41.64 1033rd 1501 31.2%
2022 28.59 1244th 1488 16.4%
2023 20.66 1331st 1481 10.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.58 889th 2008 55.7%
2019 58.87 582nd 2058 71.7%
2021 38.11 1301st 2118 38.6%
2022 40.51 1261st 2182 42.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.52 673rd 2030 66.8%
2019 65.68 547th 2069 73.6%
2021 53.59 887th 2168 59.1%
2022 55.02 857th 2228 61.5%
2023 45.22 1173rd 2245 47.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.73 261st 587 55.5%
2019 32.60 452nd 594 23.9%
2023 33.02 484th 616 21.4%
2024 49.62 359th 612 41.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.30 273rd 1167 76.6%
2019 75.07 202nd 1193 83.1%
2021 73.94 197th 1213 83.8%
2022 55.31 420th 1251 66.4%
2023 39.86 724th 1273 43.1%
2024 37.92 783rd 1271 38.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.70 391st 1895 79.4%
2019 70.07 378th 1935 80.5%
2021 52.70 808th 2043 60.5%
2022 53.91 802nd 2077 61.4%
2023 50.39 950th 2116 55.1%
2024 46.68 1024th 2108 51.4%
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Rank History for White students at Richardson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.94 589th 1673 64.8%
2019 65.96 474th 1684 71.9%
2021 46.53 896th 1700 47.3%
2022 60.80 576th 1723 66.6%
2023 41.29 1094th 1749 37.4%
2024 44.14 974th 1724 43.5%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Richardson Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 230 149 17 301 5 n/a n/a 0 702
2000 241 173 18 347 6 n/a n/a 0 785
2001 218 178 24 345 6 n/a n/a 0 771
2002 200 168 27 383 7 n/a n/a 0 785
2003 200 168 27 383 7 n/a n/a 0 785
2004 209 172 26 402 6 n/a n/a 0 815
2005 200 162 21 385 4 n/a n/a 0 772
2006 226 172 21 405 3 n/a n/a 0 827
2007 211 156 19 395 4 n/a n/a 0 785
2008 212 148 15 447 5 n/a n/a 0 827
2009 222 155 19 451 8 n/a n/a 0 855
2010 175 146 16 458 6 n/a n/a 0 801
2011 147 144 13 520 10 3 34 0 871
2012 125 106 9 357 4 1 21 0 623
2013 157 107 8 417 3 1 26 0 719
2014 126 106 12 443 4 4 32 0 727
2015 123 96 16 454 5 4 37 0 735
2016 128 88 19 480 6 5 34 0 760
2017 110 84 11 465 6 6 31 0 713
2018 111 85 14 455 4 5 27 0 701
2019 127 80 18 477 3 5 23 0 733
2020 116 64 19 491 3 4 37 0 734
2021 98 66 19 503 2 5 36 0 729
2022 90 61 9 472 1 4 40 0 677
2023 81 57 18 551 0 3 47 0 757
2024 85 51 15 555 0 4 43 0 753

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Richardson Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 702 48.9 14.4 39.6
2000 785 38.7 20.3 41.4
2001 771 46.1 16.7 41.6
2002 785 50.5 15.5 43.8
2003 785 50.5 15.5 43.8
2004 815 52.7 15.5 44.8
2005 772 58.1 13.3 41.8
2006 827 57.3 14.4 43.8
2007 785 62.0 12.7 40.8
2008 827 56.9 14.5 42.7
2009 855 56.8 15.0 41.8
2010 801 54.1 14.7 43.6
2011 871 52.1 16.6 50.1
2012 623 45.7 13.6 42.9
2013 719 44.3 16.2 43.5
2014 727 42.0 17.3 44.6
2015 735 41.0 17.9 42
2016 760 39.0 19.4 45.8
2017 713 41.0 17.3 54
2018 701 41.2 17.0 52.8
2019 733 44.0 16.6 60.2
2020 734 47.4 15.4 62.3
2021 729 45.9 15.8 62
2022 677 41.2 16.4 62.5
2023 757 41.9 18.0 63.8
2024 753 47.1 15.9 64.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Richardson Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 702 48.9 14.4 39.6
2000 785 38.7 20.3 41.4
2001 771 46.1 16.7 41.6
2002 785 50.5 15.5 43.8
2003 785 50.5 15.5 43.8
2004 815 52.7 15.5 44.8
2005 772 58.1 13.3 41.8
2006 827 57.3 14.4 43.8
2007 785 62.0 12.7 40.8
2008 827 56.9 14.5 42.7
2009 855 56.8 15.0 41.8
2010 801 54.1 14.7 43.6
2011 871 52.1 16.6 50.1
2012 623 45.7 13.6 42.9
2013 719 44.3 16.2 43.5
2014 727 42.0 17.3 44.6
2015 735 41.0 17.9 42
2016 760 39.0 19.4 45.8
2017 713 41.0 17.3 54
2018 701 41.2 17.0 52.8
2019 733 44.0 16.6 60.2
2020 734 47.4 15.4 62.3
2021 729 45.9 15.8 62
2022 677 41.2 16.4 62.5
2023 757 41.9 18.0 63.8
2024 753 47.1 15.9 64.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Richardson Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,106 (12.9%) $7,498 (87.1%) $8,604
2020 $1,373 (14.4%) $8,144 (85.6%) $9,517
2021 $1,421 (14.8%) $8,152 (85.2%) $9,573

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Richardson Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 554th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1242nd of 2330 Middle schools
 28%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Richardson Middle)4145
 4%
   6th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))3046
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Richardson Middle)4434
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))3929
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Richardson Middle)5755
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4446
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Richardson Middle)4641
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4132
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Richardson Middle)6254
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))5052
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Richardson Middle)5828
 30%
   8th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4829
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Richardson Middle)6338
 25%
   8th Grade Science (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Richardson Middle)3319
 14%
   8th Grade Social Studies (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))2723
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Richardson Middle)10052
 48%
   End of Course Algebra I (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))7546
 29%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students733757
 3.3%
African American8057
 28.8%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian1818
Hispanic477551
 15.5%
Pacific Islander53
 40%
White12781
 36.2%
Two or More Races2347
 104.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.2%63.8%
 3.6%


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Richardson Middle ranks 1310th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 753 students attended Richardson Middle.

Students who attend Richardson Middle usually go on to attend Andress High School

Students at Richardson Middle are 74% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% African American, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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