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Ringgold Middle is a public magnet middle school located in Rio Grande City, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 722 students. The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, with over 99% of students identifying as Hispanic.
Ringgold Middle faces significant challenges, with consistently lower test scores than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in STAAR Reading was 36.26%, 37.44%, and 39.81% for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, respectively, compared to the state averages of 54.45%, 52.08%, and 54.09%. However, the school has relatively low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 0.6% over the past several years. Ringgold Middle also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 92.44% to 97.37% over the past three school years, indicating a very low socioeconomic status among its student population.
When compared to nearby schools in the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District, Ringgold Middle generally performs worse on standardized test scores, with lower percentages of students meeting proficiency standards. However, the school's migrant students perform relatively well, ranking in the top 15-60 out of 76 Texas middle schools for the past three school years. Conversely, Ringgold Middle's gifted and talented students perform relatively poorly, ranking in the bottom 1,235-1,474 out of 1,481-1,501 Texas middle schools for the past three school years. These findings suggest that the school faces significant socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting overall student academic performance, but it also has some areas of strength, such as its support for migrant students.
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