Spring Woods Middle

Summary:

Spring Woods Middle is a public middle school in Houston, Texas, serving 814 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Spring Branch Independent School District, which is ranked 318 out of 968 districts in the state.

Despite its location in a major metropolitan area, Spring Woods Middle faces significant academic challenges. The school consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, with performance on STAAR assessments well below the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.35% of 6th graders were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 58.82% for the district and 54.45% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 6.47% of 7th graders and 24.91% of 8th graders achieving proficiency or better. These struggles are compounded by a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (92.14%) and English Language Learners, as well as a steadily increasing dropout rate.

Comparing Spring Woods Middle to nearby schools highlights the extent of its challenges. While other middle schools in the Spring Branch ISD, such as Spring Forest Middle and Memorial Middle, rank in the top half of Texas middle schools, Spring Woods Middle is significantly underperforming. Even nearby schools in the Houston Independent School District, such as Clifton Middle and Revere Middle, perform better than Spring Woods Middle on most academic measures. The stark contrast with a high-performing charter school in the district, Cornerstone Academy, further highlights the need for significant improvement at Spring Woods Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 9810 Neuens
       Houston, TX  77080-6416


(713) 251-5000

District: Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2114th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,757 Help


Feeder schools for Spring Woods Middle:

Elementary:    Cedar Brook Elementary
    Pine Shadows Elementary
    Spring Branch Elementary
    Spring Shadows Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.2 Help
Number of students:  726

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.3%
African American:
7.2%
White:
5.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96% Help


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Compare Details Spring Woods Middle ranks worse than 89.5% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 8 ranked middle schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.21. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (84.3%), African American (7.2%), White (5.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Spring Woods Middle is 12.2, which is the 2nd best among 8 middle schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Spring Woods Middle is $11,757, which is the 4th highest among 8 middle schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Spring Woods Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Woods Middle 2114th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Spring Woods Middle in the ranking list.)

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Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd) 318th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Spring Woods Middle

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Rank History for all students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 36.70 1168th 1573 25.7%
2005 30.01 1243rd 1582 21.4%
2006 22.30 1362nd 1585 14.1%
2007 26.12 1411th 1684 16.2%
2008 29.33 1439th 1718 16.2%
2009 22.59 1576th 1763 10.6%
2010 17.88 1691st 1803 6.2%
2011 16.23 1792nd 1895 5.4%
2012 27.84 1559th 1951 20.1%
2013 40.38 1306th 1973 33.8%
2014 25.55 1612th 1987 18.9%
2015 24.00 1712th 2043 16.2%
2016 11.65 1862nd 1987 6.3%
2017 8.69 1966th 2027 3.0%
2018 10.06 1988th 2080 4.4%
2019 13.48 2040th 2193 7.0%
2021 19.65 1896th 2252 15.8%
2022 16.66 2001st 2254 11.2%
2023 14.05 2130th 2330 8.6%
2024 16.21 2114th 2361 10.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 24.34 685th 817 16.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.72 1310th 1376 4.8%
2019 24.28 1282nd 1445 11.3%
2021 31.13 1203rd 1592 24.4%
2022 26.74 1370th 1643 16.6%
2023 21.14 1527th 1720 11.2%
2024 23.52 1504th 1760 14.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.06 1386th 1597 13.2%
2019 35.68 1057th 1626 35.0%
2021 25.70 1496th 1712 12.6%
2022 22.59 1622nd 1757 7.7%
2023 20.23 1721st 1815 5.2%
2024 41.41 1095th 1881 41.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.16 1955th 2039 4.1%
2019 19.03 1899th 2073 8.4%
2021 25.65 1783rd 2172 17.9%
2022 23.33 1897th 2220 14.5%
2023 19.81 2006th 2251 10.9%
2024 25.53 1843rd 2224 17.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.80 1964th 2008 2.2%
2019 18.02 1846th 2047 9.8%
2021 22.54 1762nd 2151 18.1%
2022 17.18 1997th 2221 10.1%
2023 13.70 2077th 2241 7.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.14 1338th 1430 6.4%
2019 49.12 924th 1446 36.1%
2021 56.22 786th 1501 47.6%
2022 61.86 622nd 1488 58.2%
2023 54.26 865th 1481 41.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.55 1740th 2008 13.3%
2019 30.27 1594th 2058 22.5%
2021 29.59 1652nd 2118 22.0%
2022 30.76 1656th 2182 24.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.97 1957th 2030 3.6%
2019 11.19 1989th 2069 3.9%
2021 18.03 1903rd 2168 12.2%
2022 16.81 1993rd 2228 10.5%
2023 14.80 2050th 2245 8.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.91 508th 587 13.5%
2021 56.75 264th 589 55.2%
2022 55.02 298th 606 50.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.40 979th 1167 16.1%
2019 27.50 929th 1193 22.1%
2021 35.04 811th 1213 33.1%
2022 33.39 863rd 1251 31.0%
2023 38.73 742nd 1273 41.7%
2024 31.80 916th 1271 27.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.13 1835th 1895 3.2%
2019 16.38 1810th 1935 6.5%
2021 22.79 1732nd 2043 15.2%
2022 17.82 1887th 2077 9.1%
2023 15.22 1959th 2116 7.4%
2024 20.80 1861st 2108 11.7%
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Rank History for White students at Spring Woods Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.15 1665th 1673 0.5%
2019 13.83 1587th 1684 5.8%
2021 36.46 1158th 1700 31.9%
2022 26.77 1402nd 1723 18.6%
2023 19.63 1547th 1749 11.5%
2024 21.27 1502nd 1724 12.9%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Spring Woods Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 456 160 88 195 n/a n/a n/a 0 899
1989 462 189 83 270 0 n/a n/a 0 1004
1990 444 210 72 349 1 n/a n/a 0 1076
1991 436 203 61 402 2 n/a n/a 0 1104
1992 305 171 55 315 1 n/a n/a 0 847
1993 256 153 70 316 3 n/a n/a 0 798
1994 241 182 68 346 2 n/a n/a 0 839
1995 218 179 48 464 4 n/a n/a 0 913
1996 218 179 48 464 4 n/a n/a 0 913
1997 218 112 37 480 2 n/a n/a 0 849
1998 197 105 39 529 2 n/a n/a 0 872
1999 186 112 44 550 0 n/a n/a 0 892
2000 163 125 30 567 0 n/a n/a 0 885
2001 121 128 21 546 0 n/a n/a 0 816
2002 107 128 25 598 1 n/a n/a 0 859
2003 107 128 25 598 1 n/a n/a 0 859
2004 88 131 21 605 1 n/a n/a 0 846
2005 85 105 26 596 0 n/a n/a 0 812
2006 62 122 22 623 0 n/a n/a 0 829
2007 58 127 17 639 0 n/a n/a 0 841
2008 52 112 15 682 1 n/a n/a 0 862
2009 56 89 17 683 1 n/a n/a 0 846
2010 40 82 12 701 1 n/a n/a 0 836
2011 31 75 14 721 4 0 5 0 850
2012 26 69 11 718 5 0 1 0 830
2013 22 73 6 756 3 0 5 0 865
2014 34 72 12 806 3 1 10 0 938
2015 38 51 9 808 9 1 6 0 922
2016 40 44 16 835 8 1 5 0 949
2017 30 60 12 840 4 1 2 0 949
2018 36 77 6 750 2 0 5 0 876
2019 29 83 3 750 1 0 10 0 876
2020 41 90 10 755 2 2 10 0 910
2021 37 93 9 746 1 3 12 0 901
2022 45 80 8 720 4 2 12 0 871
2023 38 82 6 669 5 0 14 0 814
2024 39 52 9 612 4 0 10 0 726

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Spring Woods Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 899 54.0 16.6 n/a
1989 1004 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1076 66.0 16.3 n/a
1991 1104 65.9 16.7 n/a
1992 847 60.4 14.0 50.8
1993 798 62.0 12.9 55.9
1994 839 61.9 13.6 58.8
1995 913 57.8 15.8 65
1996 913 57.8 15.8 65
1997 849 65.7 12.9 62.8
1998 872 57.4 15.2 72.2
1999 892 59.0 15.1 69.8
2000 885 64.0 13.8 73.9
2001 816 57.7 14.1 78.8
2002 859 67.8 12.7 83.6
2003 859 67.8 12.7 83.6
2004 846 66.3 12.8 86.2
2005 812 68.8 11.8 85.1
2006 829 65.6 12.6 86.4
2007 841 69.6 12.1 85.7
2008 862 67.8 12.7 86.4
2009 846 73.0 11.6 86.6
2010 836 66.6 12.5 91.9
2011 850 64.8 13.1 90.5
2012 830 58.3 14.2 91.4
2013 865 61.2 14.1 89.2
2014 938 61.6 15.2 91.9
2015 922 69.0 13.3 89.3
2016 949 63.0 15.0 87
2017 949 61.9 15.3 86.7
2018 876 65.4 13.3 82.6
2019 876 67.2 13.0 95.7
2020 910 69.7 13.0 94.9
2021 901 68.6 13.1 92
2022 871 63.1 13.7 92.4
2023 814 57.3 14.1 92.1
2024 726 59.1 12.2 96

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Spring Woods Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 899 54.0 16.6 n/a
1989 1004 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1076 66.0 16.3 n/a
1991 1104 65.9 16.7 n/a
1992 847 60.4 14.0 50.8
1993 798 62.0 12.9 55.9
1994 839 61.9 13.6 58.8
1995 913 57.8 15.8 65
1996 913 57.8 15.8 65
1997 849 65.7 12.9 62.8
1998 872 57.4 15.2 72.2
1999 892 59.0 15.1 69.8
2000 885 64.0 13.8 73.9
2001 816 57.7 14.1 78.8
2002 859 67.8 12.7 83.6
2003 859 67.8 12.7 83.6
2004 846 66.3 12.8 86.2
2005 812 68.8 11.8 85.1
2006 829 65.6 12.6 86.4
2007 841 69.6 12.1 85.7
2008 862 67.8 12.7 86.4
2009 846 73.0 11.6 86.6
2010 836 66.6 12.5 91.9
2011 850 64.8 13.1 90.5
2012 830 58.3 14.2 91.4
2013 865 61.2 14.1 89.2
2014 938 61.6 15.2 91.9
2015 922 69.0 13.3 89.3
2016 949 63.0 15.0 87
2017 949 61.9 15.3 86.7
2018 876 65.4 13.3 82.6
2019 876 67.2 13.0 95.7
2020 910 69.7 13.0 94.9
2021 901 68.6 13.1 92
2022 871 63.1 13.7 92.4
2023 814 57.3 14.1 92.1
2024 726 59.1 12.2 96

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Spring Woods Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,688 (15.7%) $9,036 (84.3%) $10,725
2020 $1,473 (13.5%) $9,428 (86.5%) $10,901
2021 $1,627 (13.8%) $10,130 (86.2%) $11,757

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Spring Woods Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2040th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 2130th of 2330 Middle schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Spring Woods Middle)1433
 19%
   6th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))3657
 21%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Spring Woods Middle)2213
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4847
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Spring Woods Middle)2224
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4958
 9%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Spring Woods Middle)194
 15%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4821
 27%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Spring Woods Middle)2830
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))5459
 5%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Spring Woods Middle)3517
 18%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))5060
 10%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Spring Woods Middle)2323
   8th Grade Science (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))5254
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Spring Woods Middle)1114
 3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))3938
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Spring Woods Middle)9485
 9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4659
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students876814
 7.1%
African American8382
 1.2%
American Indian15
 400%
Asian36
 100%
Hispanic750669
 10.8%
Pacific Islander00
White2938
 31%
Two or More Races1014
 40%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95.7%92.1%
 3.5%


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Spring Woods Middle ranks in the bottom 10.5% of Texas middle schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 726 students attended Spring Woods Middle.

Students at Spring Woods Middle are 84% Hispanic, 7% African American, 5% White, 1% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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