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)
483006013652	561	Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle	Public	6-8	266 Cr 381	San Antonio	78253	Bexar County	Medina Valley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 931-2243	919	56	16.3	46.1%	185 (20.1%)	91 (9.9%)	570 (62.0%)	22 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (5.3%)	$9,008			$778			$8,230	68.9	73.1	459	102
480021113504	562	Idea Mays College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	1210 Horal Rd	San Antonio	78245	Bexar County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 529-3200	748	48	15.5	72.2%	39 (5.2%)	71 (9.5%)	617 (82.5%)	8 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	$10,625			$1,001			$9,625	68.8	78.9	352	210
480747006348	563	Academy J H	Public	6-8	501 E Main St	Little River Academy	76554	Bell County	Academy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 982-4620	401	25	16.2	37.2%	230 (57.4%)	30 (7.5%)	111 (27.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	22 (5.5%)	$8,418			$915			$7,503	68.8	69.7	530	33
483510003957	564	Bowman Middle	Public	6-8	2501 Jupiter Rd	Plano	75074	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 752-4800	815	59	13.7	63.2%	147 (18.0%)	100 (12.3%)	436 (53.5%)	110 (13.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	$9,212			$609			$8,603	68.8	71	502	62
483808005803	565	Chisholm Trail Middle	Public	6-8	500 Oakridge Dr	Round Rock	78681	Williamson County	Round Rock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 428-2500	703	56	12.5	37.7%	308 (43.8%)	50 (7.1%)	275 (39.1%)	35 (5.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.4%)	$10,040			$430			$9,610	68.8	70.4	517	48
484143004741	566	Stanton Middle	Public	6-8	200 Gray St	Stanton	79782	Martin County	Stanton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 607-3700	231	28	8.3	52.4%	71 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	154 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,709			$1,233			$12,476	68.7	53.5	970	404
482406002669	567	Euless J H	Public	7-9	306 W Airport Frwy	Euless	76039	Tarrant County	Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 354-3340	1,112	67	16.5	73.4%	151 (13.6%)	357 (32.1%)	329 (29.6%)	133 (12.0%)	3 (0.3%)	69 (6.2%)	70 (6.3%)	$7,852			$692			$7,160	68.7	68.5	567
480024112260	568	Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville	Public, Charter	6-12	1421 Wells Branch Pkwy W Ste	Pflugerville	78660	Travis County	Harmony Public Schools - Central Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 251-5000	795	53	14.8	70.6%	138 (17.4%)	112 (14.1%)	417 (52.5%)	111 (14.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.9%)	$10,373			$944			$9,429	68.7	73	460	108
480894000336	569	Murchison Middle	Public	6-8	3700 N Hills Dr	Austin	78731	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 414-3254	1,218	68	17.9	27.5%	671 (55.1%)	53 (4.4%)	334 (27.4%)	92 (7.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	64 (5.3%)	$10,888			$353			$10,536	68.7	69.8	527	42
482811013580	570	Judson Steam Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	5745 Judson Rd	Longview	75605	Gregg County	Longview Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 446-2610	567	53	10.7	82.4%	151 (26.6%)	226 (39.9%)	151 (26.6%)	10 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	$14,144			$3,433			$10,711	68.6	61.3	762	192

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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.