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)
480001013113	1111	Dr T C McCormick Junior Middle	Public	6-8	5700 Dacy Ln	Buda	78610	Hays County	Hays Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 268-8508	1,116	67	16.7	57.1%	158 (14.2%)	38 (3.4%)	871 (78.0%)	18 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (2.6%)	$8,877			$798			$8,078	48.6	48.5	1101	10
481695001470	1112	Devine Middle	Public	6-8	400 Cardinal	Devine	78016	Medina County	Devine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 851-0695	429	28	15.4	56.9%	141 (32.9%)	4 (0.9%)	274 (63.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	$8,606			$732			$7,874	48.5	42.8	1291	179
482892011335	1113	James Coble Middle	Public	7-8	1200 Ballweg Rd	Arlington	76002	Tarrant County	Mansfield Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 314-4900	775	53	14.5	68.4%	70 (9.0%)	363 (46.8%)	186 (24.0%)	114 (14.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	37 (4.8%)	$8,872			$788			$8,085	48.5	61	772	341
483486003919	1114	Lyndon B Johnson Middle	Public	6-8	500 E Sioux Rd	Pharr	78577	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2590	971	72	13.4	88.8%	12 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	957 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,875			$2,370			$9,505	48.5	44.1	1251	137
483657004102	1115	Reagan County Middle	Public	6-8	500 N Pennsylvania Ave	Big Lake	76932	Reagan County	Reagan County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 884-3728	152	18	8.2	69.1%	21 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	130 (85.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,377			$1,558			$17,820	48.4	61	771	344
482691003035	1116	Latexo High School	Public	7-12	298 F M 2663	Latexo	75835	Houston County	Latexo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 544-5664	207	24	8.5	51.2%	152 (73.4%)	3 (1.4%)	38 (18.4%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$13,249			$1,047			$12,203	48.4	56.9	875	241
484365011082	1117	Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle	Public	6-8	5910 Saint Luke Blvd	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-6600	717	49	14.6	93.0%	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	713 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,472			$1,725			$7,747	48.4	51.2	1038	79
481657001423	1118	James L Germany Middle	Public	5-8	929 W Grizzly Dr	De Kalb	75559	Bowie County	Dekalb Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 667-2834	257	23	11.1	61.1%	166 (64.6%)	41 (16.0%)	35 (13.6%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$11,783			$1,660			$10,123	48.3	36	1534	416
481788001562	1119	East Chambers J H	Public	6-8	1931 State Hwy 124	Winnie	77665	Chambers County	East Chambers Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 296-4183	356	24	14.8	55.3%	128 (36.0%)	23 (6.5%)	192 (53.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$10,162			$882			$9,281	48.3	47.2	1148	29
484428005035	1120	Lake Air Montessori School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4601 Cobbs Dr	Waco	76710	McLennan County	Waco Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 772-1910	711	53	13.4	71.3%	121 (17.0%)	87 (12.2%)	471 (66.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.9%)	$11,110			$1,349			$9,760	48.3	48.1	1113	7

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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.