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)
480000500513	1411	Blackwell School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	610 N Alamo	Blackwell	79506	Nolan County	Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 282-2311	170	23	7.3		136 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (16.5%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$21,973			$1,064			$20,909	39.4	62.6	724	687
482502002797	1412	Junction Middle	Public	6-8	1700 College St	Junction	76849	Kimble County	Junction Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 446-2464	112	10	10.6	66.1%	64 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (41.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	$12,149			$1,692			$10,457	39.3	36.7	1513	101
481168000652	1413	Faulk Middle	Public	6-8	2000 Roosevelt St	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-8500	882	66	13.4	96.4%	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	875 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,432			$2,049			$9,383	39.3	37	1497	84
484372011429	1414	Batesville School	Public	PK, KG-8	496 Garden St	Batesville	78829	Zavala County	Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 376-4221	115	13	8.6	92.2%	6 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,012			$2,087			$16,925	39.3	44.6	1236	178
484668013215	1415	Bel Air Middle	Public	6-8	7909 Ranchland Dr	El Paso	79915	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-2200	1,072	73	14.7	89.2%	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1,058 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	$10,014			$1,027			$8,987	39.3	43.5	1271	144
482253002290	1416	Vernon Middle	Public	6-8	125 S 13th St	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3040	696	57	12.1	88.4%	21 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	668 (96.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$11,145			$1,692			$9,454	39.3	38.5	1445	29
484668005331	1417	Parkland Pre-Engineering Middle	Public	6-8	6045 Nova Way	El Paso	79924	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-6300	1,094	73	15	82.1%	60 (5.5%)	25 (2.3%)	996 (91.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	9 (0.8%)	$9,825			$904			$8,921	39.3	34.9	1569	152
481542001119	1418	Coupland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	620 S Commerce St	Coupland	78615	Williamson County	Coupland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 856-2422	296	25	11.8	70.6%	94 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	186 (62.8%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$11,186			$1,147			$10,040	39.2	47.5	1137	281
480020913939	1419	Yes Prep - Hobby	Public, Charter	6-10	8787 Tallyho Rd	Houston	77061	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 842-5600	576	35	16.2	88.0%	9 (1.6%)	91 (15.8%)	472 (81.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,857			$8,802			$12,056	39.2	35.3	1558	139
482316002351	1420	High Island School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2113 6th St	High Island	77623	Galveston County	High Island Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 257-5276	159	14	11	59.7%	131 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.1%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.4%)	$15,960			$1,767			$14,192	39.2	32.8	1630	210

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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.