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)
483585004060	831	Clark Middle	Public	6-8	301 Panther Pkwy	Princeton	75407	Collin County	Princeton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 952-5400	707	42	16.8	65.6%	182 (25.7%)	97 (13.7%)	374 (52.9%)	25 (3.5%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (3.1%)	$10,071			$548			$9,522	57.7	52.8	992	161
482253007544	832	Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	3205 W Wilson Rd	Harlingen	78552	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 430-4400	819	57	14.2	71.3%	44 (5.4%)	4 (0.5%)	758 (92.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	$10,969			$1,670			$9,299	57.7	48.6	1100	268
481218013766	833	Game Development Design School At Burleson Independent School District (Isd)	Public	6-12	510 SW Wilshire Blvd	Burleson	76028	Johnson County	Burleson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 245-1700	286	23	12.5	33.2%	208 (72.7%)	12 (4.2%)	52 (18.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	$8,521			$918			$7,603	57.6	74.4	432	401
483945004484	834	Savoy High School	Public	7-12	302 W Hayes	Savoy	75479	Fannin County	Savoy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 965-4024	132	16	8.4	53.8%	107 (81.1%)	1 (0.8%)	20 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$14,677			$957			$13,720	57.6	41.3	1347	513
484404007463	835	Veribest High School	Public	6-12	10062 F M Hwy 380	Veribest	76886	Tom Green County	Veribest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 655-2851	139	17	8.1	39.6%	83 (59.7%)	1 (0.7%)	51 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$12,658			$979			$11,679	57.5	64.6	663	172
480870006352	836	Boles J H	Public	7-8	3900 SW Green Oaks Blvd	Arlington	76017	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(682) 867-8000	642	43	14.9	47.4%	286 (44.5%)	116 (18.1%)	181 (28.2%)	17 (2.6%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	35 (5.5%)	$10,528			$687			$9,841	57.5	66.6	621	215
484620005270	837	Winnsboro J H	Public	6-8	409 Newsome St	Winnsboro	75494	Wood County	Winnsboro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 342-5711	360	32	11.3	53.3%	281 (78.1%)	3 (0.8%)	61 (16.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.6%)	$9,024			$1,464			$7,560	57.5	66.6	617	220
484668013883	838	Hanks Middle	Public	6-8	11201 Pebble Hills Blvd	El Paso	79936	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-5300	1,059	65	16.1	88.9%	31 (2.9%)	15 (1.4%)	1,002 (94.6%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)								57.5	57.5	862	24
481170000673	839	Brownwood Middle	Public	7-8	1600 Calvert Rd	Brownwood	76801	Brown County	Brownwood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 646-9545	485	38	12.7	64.5%	218 (44.9%)	25 (5.2%)	224 (46.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$9,900			$1,562			$8,338	57.3	47.9	1118	279
480016313959	840	El Paso Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8960 Escobar Dr	El Paso	79907	El Paso County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	289	20	14.4	67.1%	13 (4.5%)	9 (3.1%)	265 (91.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,777			$408			$10,369	57.3	26.1	1811	971

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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.
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