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)
483318007873	511	Gene Pike Middle	Public	6-8	2200 Texan Dr	Justin	76247	Denton County	Northwest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 215-0400	1,072	69	15.5	28.9%	590 (55.0%)	116 (10.8%)	280 (26.1%)	43 (4.0%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	34 (3.2%)	$9,076			$476			$8,600	71.4	70.8	509	2
482517013145	512	Stockdick J H	Public	6-8	4777 Peek Rd	Katy	77449	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 234-2700	1,405	90	15.5	56.7%	178 (12.7%)	389 (27.7%)	624 (44.4%)	159 (11.3%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	50 (3.6%)	$8,844			$291			$8,553	71.4	77.9	370	142
483585013687	513	Southard Middle	Public	6-8	455 Monte Carlo Blvd	Princeton	75407	Collin County	Princeton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 952-5400	809	53	15.2	51.4%	263 (32.5%)	184 (22.7%)	276 (34.1%)	36 (4.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.7%)	$8,678			$600			$8,078	71.4	70.1	524	11
480986010398	514	Lake Belton Middle	Public	6-8	8818 Tarver Dr	Temple	76502	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 215-2900	812	59	13.8	30.0%	470 (57.9%)	60 (7.4%)	202 (24.9%)	25 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (6.2%)	$10,716			$888			$9,828	71.4	71.2	499	15
481149000623	515	Bronte Independent School District (Isd)	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	210 S Jefferson St	Bronte	76933	Coke County	Bronte Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 473-2521	224	28	7.9	54.5%	175 (78.1%)	1 (0.4%)	44 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$12,945			$1,630			$11,316	71.2	75.9	404	111
481017000472	516	Big Sandy School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	9180 Fm 1276	Dallardsville	77332	Polk County	Big Sandy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 563-1000	524	42	12.5	60.9%	326 (62.2%)	7 (1.3%)	55 (10.5%)	2 (0.4%)	105 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.5%)	$12,686			$1,511			$11,176	71.2	57.7	855	339
482364013165	517	Arabic Immersion Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4001 Stanford St	Houston	77006	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 556-8940	611	25	24.4	55.5%	330 (54.0%)	103 (16.9%)	93 (15.2%)	64 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	$8,670			$848			$7,822	71.1	58.6	826	309
480144114169	518	Great Hearts Arlington	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	6701 S Cooper St	Arlington	76001	Tarrant County	Great Hearts Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 260-0890	969	46	21.1	52.6%	349 (36.0%)	211 (21.8%)	276 (28.5%)	86 (8.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.6%)								71	76.7	385	133
480001914072	519	Aristoi Classical Academy-Cypress	Public, Charter	K-8	12332 Perry Rd	Houston	77070	Harris County	Aristoi Classical Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 391-5003	433	28	15.6	31.9%	196 (45.3%)	37 (8.5%)	171 (39.5%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.9%)	$18,455			$7,189			$11,266	70.9	79	349	170
484489006800	520	Wellington J H	Public	6-8	1504 Amarillo St	Wellington	79095	Collingsworth County	Wellington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 447-3152	135	14	9.8	62.2%	62 (45.9%)	1 (0.7%)	69 (51.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$11,540			$2,212			$9,328	70.9	61.5	756	236

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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.