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)
482364005494	2001	Holland Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Gellhorn	Houston	77029	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 671-3860	591	42	14	96.8%	12 (2.0%)	123 (20.8%)	452 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$10,491			$1,509			$8,982	21	10.8	2194	193
481623001280	2002	Piedmont Global Academy	Public	6-8	7625 Hume Dr	Dallas	75227	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-4100	731	57	12.8	97.3%	11 (1.5%)	76 (10.4%)	641 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$11,241			$1,507			$9,734	21	25	1838	164
481800001574	2003	Crockett Middle	Public	6-8	2301 Conover St	Odessa	79763	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-0449	1,019	69	14.8	85.2%	78 (7.7%)	18 (1.8%)	916 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	$9,945			$1,606			$8,339	20.9	23.9	1871	132
484415008072	2004	Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	Public	7-12	97 Foster Field Dr	Victoria	77904	Victoria County	Victoria Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 575-0399	39	6	6.5	89.7%	15 (38.5%)	7 (17.9%)	17 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,621			$4,195			$18,426	20.9			(n/a)
482247002261	2005	Harlandale Middle	Public	6-8	300 W Huff Ave	San Antonio	78214	Bexar County	Harlandale Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 989-2000	778	57	13.5	90.0%	14 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	759 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,834			$1,345			$9,489	20.9	22.7	1898	107
482034006415	2006	Lyles Middle	Public	8	4655 S Country Club Rd	Garland	75043	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 240-3720	295	20	14.7	86.1%	26 (8.8%)	102 (34.6%)	132 (44.7%)	13 (4.4%)	15 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$12,442			$1,230			$11,212	20.8	17	2064	58
480894006209	2007	Mendez Middle	Public, Charter	7-8	5106 Village Sq Dr	Austin	78744	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-3284	203			95.1%	5 (2.5%)	20 (9.9%)	170 (83.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	$14,202			$1,884			$12,318	20.8	21.1	1952	55
483969021271	2008	Jim Barnes Middle	Public	6-8	1539 Joe Carrillo St	Seguin	78155	Guadalupe County	Seguin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 401-8756	790	51	15.4	74.8%	186 (23.5%)	31 (3.9%)	551 (69.7%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.5%)	$8,566			$548			$8,018	20.7	30.8	1697	311
481623007566	2009	Raul Quintanilla Senior Middle Steam Academy	Public	7-8	2700 Remond Dr	Dallas	75211	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 502-3200	599	38	15.6	94.3%	7 (1.2%)	25 (4.2%)	560 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$12,356			$1,743			$10,612	20.7	40.4	1384	625
481317007446	2010	T R U C E Learning Center	Public	7-12	1101 Merritt	Fort Worth	76114	Tarrant County	Castleberry Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 252-2490	17	1	17	94.1%	3 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,994			$854			$12,140	20.7	12.4	2158	148

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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.