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)
483036003400	251	Irion High School	Public	7-12	301 N 3rd St	Mertzon	76941	Irion County	Irion County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 835-2881	137	19	7.3	35.8%	97 (70.8%)	2 (1.5%)	37 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$17,951			$674			$17,276	84.2	87.8	185	66
481911001782	252	Farwell J H	Public	6-8	701 Ave G	Farwell	79325	Parmer County	Farwell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 481-9260	146	17	8.8	66.4%	61 (41.8%)	1 (0.7%)	82 (56.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$9,752			$686			$9,066	84.2	77.7	371	119
482517005750	253	Memorial Parkway J H	Public	6-8	21203 Highland Knolls	Katy	77450	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-5800	771	64	12	45.7%	325 (42.2%)	80 (10.4%)	266 (34.5%)	62 (8.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.4%)	$11,386			$302			$11,084	84.2	79.2	345	92
481023006653	254	North Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	7332 Douglas Ln	North Richland Hills	76182	Tarrant County	Birdville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 547-5200	643	45	14.3	39.2%	344 (53.5%)	45 (7.0%)	185 (28.8%)	20 (3.1%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	37 (5.8%)	$9,721			$899			$8,822	84	82	297	43
484365006337	255	United Middle	Public	6-8	700 E Del Mar Blvd	Laredo	78045	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-7300	999	57	17.5	47.8%	10 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	978 (97.9%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,218			$1,194			$8,024	84	85.5	234	21
480140013844	256	Sst Northwest	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	12042 Culebra Rd	San Antonio	78253	Bexar County	School Of Science And Technology Discovery	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 688-9990	737	48	15.3	36.2%	123 (16.7%)	129 (17.5%)	352 (47.8%)	83 (11.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.1%)	$7,437			$370			$7,067	83.8	78.7	358	102
482730006977	257	Briarhill Middle	Public	6-8	2100 Briarhill Blvd	Highland Village	75077	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 713-5975	794	57	13.9	10.6%	577 (72.7%)	27 (3.4%)	123 (15.5%)	30 (3.8%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.5%)	$9,055			$766			$8,289	83.8	86.4	210	47
481104005141	258	Blakemore Middle	Public	6-8	30 Julian Bivins Blvd	Boys Ranch	79010	Oldham County	Boys Ranch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 534-2361	38	10	3.9		22 (57.9%)	2 (5.3%)	12 (31.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)	$42,768			$21,261			$21,507	83.7	44.5	1237	979
482100008338	259	Goldthwaite Middle	Public	6-8	1507 Trent St	Goldthwaite	76844	Mills County	Goldthwaite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 648-3630	118	12	10.2	39.0%	82 (69.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	$15,087			$1,061			$14,026	83.7	82.9	285	26
480142522809	260	Ume Dallas Secondary	Public, Charter	7-12	3838 Spur 408	Dallas	75236	Dallas County	Ume Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(214) 545-6243	582	33	17.4	41.1%	156 (26.8%)	70 (12.0%)	318 (54.6%)	13 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)								83.6	79.2	346	86

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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.