Vela Middle School

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Vela Middle School

School Summary
Vela Middle School is located at 4905 PAREDES LINE RD, BROWNSVILLE, TX, 78521-5837. The school is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
To contact the school, call (956) 548-7770.

Teachers
Vela Middle School employs 63 teachers, who have been with the school an average of 16 years. The teachers average 16 years of experience in teaching. The school currently has 857 students with a student to teacher ratio of 13.60 S/T. The special education division has 12 teachers assisting it. Vela Middle School also employs 12 education aids.

Enrollment	857
Is Charter	No
School District:	BROWNSVILLE ISD
Phone Number:	(956) 548-7770
Address:	4905 PAREDES LINE RD , BROWNSVILLE , 78521-5837 Directions
County:	cameron county
Accountability Rating of Vela Middle School:	Met Standard
Grade Span	06 - 08
Principal	MR JOEL M WOOD
Website	Click to view

Accountability

Rating of Vela Middle School

4 / 4

Performance
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	School Index	Required
Student Achievement	74	60	23.33%
Student Progress	31	30	3.33%
Closing Performance Gaps	43	26	65.38%
Post-secondary Readiness	37	13	184.62%

5 / 7

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Mathematic

Science

Social Studies

Top 25% Student Progress

Post-secondary

Top 25% Closing Performance Gaps

Vela Middle School Student / Staff

Statistics

Student Statistics
Ethnic Group	Number	Percent
African American	1	0.12 %
Hispanic	837	97.67 %
White	12	1.40 %
Asian	6	0.70 %
Native American	0	0.00 %
Two or More Races	1	0.12 %
Total Students	857	100.00%
Economically Disadvantaged	799	93.23 %
Limited English Proficiency	180	21.00 %

Program	Number	Percent
Bilingual	170	19.84 %
Gifted & Talented	119	13.89 %
Special Education	138	16.10 %
Teacher Student Ratio		13.60 S/T

Staff Statistics
Experience	Number	Percent
Over 20 years	21	33.86%
10 - 20 years	25	39.24%
6 - 10 years	10	15.03%
1- 5 years	8	11.87%
Beginning Teacher	0	0.00%
Teacher Experience Average	16.10 yrs
Teacher Tenure Average	15.70 yrs

Teacher Type	Number	Percent
Total Teachers	63	100.00%
Female Teachers	38	60.44%
Male Teachers	25	39.56%
School Admin	6
School Support	12
Edu Aids	12
Special Education	12

Vela Middle School 2017 STAAR

Statistics

Group	All Subjects	Read	Math	Science	SocStudies	Writing
ALL	74 %	72 %	76 %	79 %	69 %	69 %
African American	* %	* %	* %	. %	. %	. %
Hispanic	73 %	72 %	75 %	79 %	69 %	69 %
White	83 %	63 %	100 %	* %	* %	* %
Asian	100 %	100 %	100 %	* %	* %	* %
Two or More Races	* %	* %	* %	* %	* %	. %
Economically Disadvantaged	73 %	71 %	75 %	79 %	69 %	67 %
Male Students	73 %	70 %	79 %	83 %	75 %	61 %
Female Students	74 %	75 %	73 %	74 %	64 %	78 %
Special Education	37 %	37 %	43 %	33 %	30 %	32 %
Limited English Proficiency	47 %	39 %	56 %	56 %	50 %	38 %

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