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)
480020912326	851	Yes Prep - Brays Oaks	Public, Charter	6-12	9000 W Bellfort St	Houston	77031	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 967-8400	1,032	63	16.3	94.5%	141 (13.7%)	61 (5.9%)	815 (79.0%)	9 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$10,225			$1,289			$8,936	57	60	791	60
481168000426	852	Vela Middle	Public	6-8	4905 Paredes Line Rd	Brownsville	78526	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-7770	601	48	12.5	81.5%	10 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	582 (96.8%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,095			$1,877			$11,218	57	48.5	1102	250
482025001990	853	North Shore Middle	Public	7-8	120 Castlegory	Houston	77015	Harris County	Galena Park Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 386-2600	1,252	84	14.8	86.3%	38 (3.0%)	158 (12.6%)	1,031 (82.3%)	8 (0.6%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.0%)	$10,532			$1,158			$9,374	57	56.1	902	49
480998000468	854	Benjamin School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	303 E Hayes St	Benjamin	79505	Knox County	Benjamin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 459-2231	104	17	6.1	70.2%	57 (54.8%)	1 (1.0%)	42 (40.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$15,490			$1,270			$14,220	57	51.5	1027	173
483039003695	855	Kimbrough Middle	Public	6-8	3900 N Galloway Ave	Mesquite	75150	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5900	1,152	73	15.8	75.8%	167 (14.5%)	313 (27.2%)	599 (52.0%)	34 (3.0%)	7 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (2.5%)	$7,488			$649			$6,839	57	53.3	980	125
484365013763	856	Ricardo Molina Middle	Public	6-8	4301 Vientos Rd	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(956) 473-8100	769	48	16	91.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	768 (99.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								57			(n/a)
483081003475	857	Miller Grove School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	7819 Fm 275 S	Cumby	75433	Hopkins County	Miller Grove Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 459-3288	323	28	11.6	43.7%	257 (79.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (16.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.1%)	$11,557			$1,027			$10,529	56.9	58.2	839	18
480016308127	858	Ignite Community School - Huntsville	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	7174 S Hwy 75	Huntsville	77340	Walker County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 291-0203	403	24	16.6	67.7%	189 (46.9%)	98 (24.3%)	90 (22.3%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	$7,823			$1,005			$6,818	56.9	48.4	1106	248
480809012631	859	Manvel J H	Public	6-8	7302 McCoy Rd	Manvel	77578	Brazoria County	Alvin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 331-1130	832	60	13.9	50.5%	154 (18.5%)	275 (33.1%)	314 (37.7%)	59 (7.1%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.1%)	$8,395			$684			$7,711	56.8	63	708	151
482025001993	860	Woodland Acres Middle	Public	6-8	12947 Myrtle Ln	Houston	77015	Harris County	Galena Park Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 386-4700	584	44	13.4	84.9%	13 (2.2%)	26 (4.5%)	541 (92.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,508			$1,223			$11,286	56.8	52.2	1009	149

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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.