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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Vernon Middle, Harlingen, TX

CEP schoolVernon Middle is a public middle school in Harlingen, part of Harlingen CISD. It enrolled 631 students in 2024-25, with 10.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "VERNON MIDDLE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
631
Teachers (FTE)
58.0
Students per teacher
10.9
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 3.3 lower than the district figure of 14.2. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.9
District14.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
125 S 13th St, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone
(956)427-3040
District
Harlingen CISD
County
Cameron County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
482253002290
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
540
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
54686.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Harlingen CISD

Middle schools elsewhere in Harlingen

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.