Mendez Middle School is located in southeast Austin, Texas (5106 Village Square, Austin, TX 78744) and is part of the Austin Independent School District.This school also has a weather station that uses KXAN-TV to broadcast.This school was built in 1976. This school also has the largest Performing Arts Center in the district. Its current attendance exceeds 1,500 students, with the majority being Hispanic and Mexican-Americans.
It is a 6th-through-8th middle school built in 1987. The school has a dress code. The Texas State Accountability Ratings for 2007 gave it "unacceptable" ratings in the following categories: Reading - African American; Math - African American; Social Studies - Hispanic, Economically Disadvantaged.
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