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)
481764010588	1491	G W Kennemer Middle	Public	6-8	7101 W Wheatland Rd	Dallas	75249	Dallas County	Duncanville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 708-3600	783	62	12.6	80.8%	13 (1.7%)	342 (43.7%)	400 (51.1%)	9 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.3%)	$10,330			$974			$9,356	37.2	32.6	1640	149
481479004860	1492	Comfort Middle	Public	6-8	517 Second St	Comfort	78013	Kendall County	Comfort Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 995-6420	256	20	12.7	46.5%	116 (45.3%)	0 (0.0%)	130 (50.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	$11,262			$418			$10,844	37.2	44.4	1239	253
481970012991	1493	World Languages Institute	Public	6-12	1066 W Magnolia Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-2223	542	39	13.9	82.1%	29 (5.4%)	16 (3.0%)	492 (90.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$10,433			$2,122			$8,311	37.1	45.7	1192	301
481854001739	1494	Ennis J H	Public	7-8	3101 Ensign Rd	Ennis	75119	Ellis County	Ennis Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 872-3850	891	61	14.7	71.5%	229 (25.7%)	119 (13.4%)	503 (56.5%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	29 (3.3%)	$9,215			$1,050			$8,166	37.1	49.4	1075	419
481222000724	1495	Burnet Middle	Public	6-8	1401 N Main	Burnet	78611	Burnet County	Burnet Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 756-6182	709	46	15.2	60.5%	453 (63.9%)	7 (1.0%)	223 (31.5%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.3%)	$9,956			$745			$9,211	37.1	37.1	1494	1
484095004660	1496	Ronald E McNair Middle	Public	6-8	11553 Old Pearsall Rd	Atascosa	78002	Bexar County	Southwest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 622-4480	762	53	14.4	79.4%	45 (5.9%)	22 (2.9%)	684 (89.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	$11,244			$1,506			$9,738	37.1	41.3	1346	150
482511002799	1497	George Washington Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	655 Fason St	Karnack	75661	Harrison County	Karnack Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 679-3113	125	13	9.6	89.6%	55 (44.0%)	48 (38.4%)	14 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.4%)	$15,074			$3,518			$11,556	36.9	29.7	1723	226
482343002377	1498	McDowell Middle	Public	6-8	1602 27th St S	Hondo	78861	Medina County	Hondo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 426-2261	394	32	12.3	67.5%	109 (27.7%)	2 (0.5%)	278 (70.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	$10,146			$951			$9,195	36.8	30.8	1696	198
483519003985	1499	Pleasanton J H	Public	6-8	1170 Jolly St	Pleasanton	78064	Atascosa County	Pleasanton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 569-1280	735	56	13.1	65.2%	194 (26.4%)	7 (1.0%)	520 (70.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	$11,191			$1,871			$9,320	36.8	47.2	1149	350
481431000921	1500	Ad Wheat Middle	Public	7-8	1020 Woodard Ave	Cleburne	76033	Johnson County	Cleburne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 202-1300	1,058	74	14.3	68.1%	477 (45.1%)	39 (3.7%)	455 (43.0%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (0.9%)	29 (2.7%)	45 (4.3%)	$11,129			$1,358			$9,771	36.8	23.7	1875	375

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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.