Best Middle Schools in Texas

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2361)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
481977000019	471	Frankston Middle	Public	6-8	100 Perry St	Frankston	75763	Anderson County	Frankston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 876-2215	173	16	10.5	50.3%	129 (74.6%)	14 (8.1%)	21 (12.1%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	$11,182			$1,245			$9,937	72.8	50	1061	590
480146123070	472	Valor Leander	Public, Charter	K-8	906 Crystal Falls Pkwy	Leander	78641	Williamson County	Valor Public Schools	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(512) 729-0159	353	19	18.4	10.2%	190 (53.8%)	13 (3.7%)	105 (29.7%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.2%)								72.8			(n/a)
481396005673	473	China Spring Middle	Public	7-8	7201 N River Crossing	China Spring	76633	McLennan County	China Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 836-4611	505	31	16.1	33.1%	315 (62.4%)	38 (7.5%)	116 (23.0%)	8 (1.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	$9,477			$624			$8,853	72.7	71.6	489	16
480021114135	474	Idea Edgecliff College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-9	6701 Crowley Rd	Fort Worth	76134	Tarrant County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 718-7693	488	29	16.8	84.6%	30 (6.1%)	132 (27.0%)	296 (60.7%)	21 (4.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$21,163			$5,723			$15,440	72.7	65.8	632	158
483309003728	475	Northside School	Public, Alternative	K-12	18040 Hwy 283 N	Vernon	76384	Wilbarger County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 552-2551	234	18	13.1	32.9%	150 (64.1%)	1 (0.4%)	59 (25.2%)	3 (1.3%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.3%)	$9,674			$1,024			$8,650	72.6	52.6	996	521
481623001332	476	K B Polk Center For Academically Talented & Gifted	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	6911 Victoria Ave	Dallas	75209	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-8900	397	37	10.8	85.9%	28 (7.1%)	82 (20.7%)	269 (67.8%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$13,652			$1,665			$11,987	72.6	55.9	907	431
481518012535	477	Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle	Public	6-8	3425 118th St	Lubbock	79423	Lubbock County	Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 993-2332	859	71	12.1	30.4%	467 (54.4%)	22 (2.6%)	325 (37.8%)	20 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	21 (2.4%)	$7,690			$588			$7,102	72.6	70	525	48
482574011417	478	Krimmel Intermed	Public	6-8	7070 Fm 2920	Klein	77379	Harris County	Klein Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 375-7200	1,256	80	15.6	46.3%	378 (30.1%)	226 (18.0%)	469 (37.3%)	127 (10.1%)	5 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	48 (3.8%)	$8,566			$682			$7,884	72.6	69.8	528	50
481374000866	479	Cherokee School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	305 S Indian Ave	Cherokee	76832	San Saba County	Cherokee Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 622-4298	130	19	6.9	60.8%	93 (71.5%)	5 (3.8%)	27 (20.8%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$16,464			$2,189			$14,275	72.5	62.2	734	255
482412002689	480	Idalou Middle	Public	5-8	403 7th St	Idalou	79329	Lubbock County	Idalou Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 892-1900	293	24	12	32.8%	179 (61.1%)	3 (1.0%)	107 (36.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$8,922			$480			$8,442	72.4	70.2	522	42

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science, STAAR Social Studies test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on September 11, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.