Best Middle Schools in Texas

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAAR test scores by the Texas Education Agency. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

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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)
480143814163	71	Basis Austin	Public, Charter	3-8	1605 Kramer Ln	Austin	78758	Travis County	Basis Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(737) 263-5890	211	15	14.1		20 (9.5%)	2 (0.9%)	16 (7.6%)	156 (73.9%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.6%)								95	99.5	4	67
482703011110	72	Canyon Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	12601 Country Trails Ln	Austin	78732	Travis County	Leander Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 570-3500	1,050	69	15.1	5.3%	645 (61.4%)	20 (1.9%)	143 (13.6%)	157 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (8.0%)	$7,928			$207			$7,721	94.8	93.8	83	11
482517007335	73	Rodger & Ellen Beck J H	Public	6-8	5200 S Fry Rd	Katy	77450	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-3300	1,270	81	15.7	30.6%	553 (43.5%)	92 (7.2%)	374 (29.4%)	177 (13.9%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	69 (5.4%)	$8,959			$293			$8,666	94.7	95.1	67	6
480789010488	74	Ereckson Middle	Public	7-8	450 Tatum Dr	Allen	75013	Collin County	Allen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 747-3308	1,263	71	17.7	19.5%	453 (35.9%)	152 (12.0%)	191 (15.1%)	404 (32.0%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	56 (4.4%)	$8,753			$517			$8,235	94.6	94.7	72	2
482001012470	75	Maus Middle	Public	6-8	12175 Coit Rd	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-5250	907	64	14.2	16.3%	198 (21.8%)	133 (14.7%)	68 (7.5%)	465 (51.3%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.7%)	$9,121			$538			$8,583	94.6	95.4	63	12
482730009208	76	Stem Academy At Clayton Downing Middle	Public	6-8	5555 Bridlewood Blvd	Flower Mound	75028	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 713-5962	504	39	12.9	5.8%	311 (61.7%)	14 (2.8%)	71 (14.1%)	74 (14.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.3%)	$10,314			$868			$9,446	94.5	95.4	61	15
481623005690	77	Dallas Environmental Science Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	3531 N Westmoreland Rd	Dallas	75212	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-3950	418	25	16.7	82.8%	10 (2.4%)	25 (6.0%)	378 (90.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$10,580			$1,156			$9,424	94.4	95.6	59	18
484296009516	78	Willow Wood J H	Public	7-8	11770 Gregson Rd	Tomball	77377	Harris County	Tomball Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 357-3030	844	52	16.2	33.3%	379 (44.9%)	55 (6.5%)	258 (30.6%)	111 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	37 (4.4%)	$7,730			$589			$7,140	94.3	94.9	69	9
482757003100	79	Lindsay High School	Public	7-12	625 Knight Dr	Lindsay	76250	Cooke County	Lindsay Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 668-8474	213	21	10.3	9.4%	200 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$11,938			$612			$11,326	94.3	92.4	107	28
483715013137	80	South Texas Independent School District (Isd) Rising Scholars Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	151 S Helen Moore Rd	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	South Texas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 399-4358	682	44	15.4	58.7%	39 (5.7%)	7 (1.0%)	610 (89.4%)	25 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$13,891			$1,245			$12,646	94.1	94.5	75	5

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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.