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)
481623012835	1441	Young Women's Steam Academy At Balch Springs Middl	Public	6-8	710 Cheyenne Rd	Balch Springs	75180	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 892-5800	769	54	14.2	94.0%	23 (3.0%)	109 (14.2%)	628 (81.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	$10,857			$1,706			$9,150	38.6	40.5	1380	61
482391007950	1442	Timberwood Middle	Public	6-8	18450 Timber Forest Dr	Humble	77346	Harris County	Humble Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 641-3800	1,057	76	13.9	60.7%	243 (23.0%)	293 (27.7%)	456 (43.1%)	26 (2.5%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	31 (2.9%)	$9,742			$551			$9,190	38.6	42.5	1301	141
481830010638	1443	Brown Middle	Public	6-8	7820 Helen Of Troy Dr	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-0900	712	44	16.3	71.5%	38 (5.3%)	5 (0.7%)	648 (91.0%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.4%)	$8,935			$1,080			$7,855	38.6	40.1	1391	52
483525003990	1444	Port Isabel J H	Public	6-8	17001 Hwy 100	Port Isabel	78578	Cameron County	Point Isabel Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 943-0060	413	32	12.8	84.3%	31 (7.5%)	2 (0.5%)	379 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,252			$1,796			$10,456	38.5	41.6	1338	106
482442009202	1445	Lorenzo De Zavala Middle	Public	6-8	707 W Pioneer Rd	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-6000	846	58	14.5	87.9%	66 (7.8%)	30 (3.5%)	718 (84.9%)	17 (2.0%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	$10,357			$1,422			$8,935	38.5	36.7	1514	69
483891008022	1446	San Isidro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5175 Fm 1017	San Isidro	78588	Starr County	San Isidro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 481-3107	96	12	8.1	96.9%	3 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,972			$3,239			$14,733	38.5	45.5	1201	245
482499002792	1447	Kitty Hawk Middle	Public	6-8	840 Old Cimmaron Trl	Universal City	78148	Bexar County	Judson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 945-1220	1,154	84	13.7	59.4%	212 (18.4%)	165 (14.3%)	687 (59.5%)	19 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.7%)	60 (5.2%)	$8,645			$752			$7,893	38.4	48.7	1097	350
484191008885	1448	Sunray Middle	Public	6-8	504 E 7th St	Sunray	79086	Moore County	Sunray Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 948-4444	145	13	10.7	51.7%	53 (36.6%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (62.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$11,683			$1,557			$10,126	38.4	52.4	1004	444
480141413823	1449	Promesa College Prep Brownsville	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1944 E Alton Gloor Blvd	Brownsville	78526	Cameron County	Valere Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 295-7778	193	14	13.7	90.2%	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	191 (99.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,094			$2,387			$7,706	38.4	58	842	607
481168007542	1450	Lucio Middle	Public	6-8	300 N Vermillion Rd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 831-4550	653	50	13	91.3%	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	646 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,396			$1,653			$8,743	38.4	43.5	1267	183

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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.