Memorial Middle, Laredo TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Memorial Middle

Memorial Middle is a regular public middle school in Laredo serving grades six through eight. It enrolls a small student population typical of its grade band, with nearly all students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and the entire enrollment being Hispanic. The school sits in a city anchored in cross-border trade and logistics, where families navigate a school choice system built around specialty and early-college pathways at the high school level.

The latest state test results show mixed academic performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency runs stronger in eighth grade than in the lower grades. Math proficiency climbs noticeably by eighth grade, reaching about half of tested students, though it sits well below that in sixth and seventh grade. Science proficiency in eighth grade sits near the middle range, while social studies proficiency lags across the board. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Webb County districts, a meaningful position relative to its immediate peers.

The performance arc within the school tells a story: younger students enter with lower proficiency rates in both math and English, and by eighth grade the results improve, particularly in English. This pattern raises a straightforward question for parents: whether Memorial Middle's instruction in the younger grades is laying sufficient groundwork or whether students arrive already behind. A parent may want to look into how the school supports sixth and seventh graders who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, and what interventions or support structures exist for the groups showing the largest gaps.

Laredo itself is a border city with dense downtown civic life organized around plazas and parks, and expanding residential areas to the north and east. The community is predominantly Hispanic, family-oriented, and economically rooted in transportation, warehousing, and cross-border retail. Housing values are notably below state and national medians, making it an affordable market for families, though the city's broader layout is automobile-dependent outside the historic downtown and a few walkable neighborhoods.

The district backdrop matters. Laredo ISD is experiencing sustained enrollment decline publicly reported over multiple years, which reduces per-pupil revenue and creates real budget pressure. The district's defining feature, however, is its tiered high school structure: seven specialty and early-college campuses offering nearly thirty programs of study, letting families pursue pathways in healthcare, engineering, technology, communications, and other fields, some awarding college credit or associate degrees alongside diplomas. This choice architecture is stable and intended to persist, and it shapes how parents think about the middle grades as a transition point toward those later options.

Memorial Middle itself has no special designation, magnet status, or alternative mission stated in available data. It functions as the neighborhood school for its attendance zone, serving students who then feed into the broader high school choice system. Data on staffing, discipline, attendance, or specialized support programming was not available, so a parent seeking detail on class sizes, counselor access, behavior expectations, or English learner or special education services would benefit from contacting the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 27% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 28% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 32% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 41% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 45% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 45% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 42% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolLAREDO ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income50%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income33%11 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income71%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income38%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income17%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income49%Higher-income60%11 pp gap