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)
482769005886	1591	Mauriceville Middle	Public	6-8	19952 F M 1130	Orange	77632	Orange County	Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 745-3970	270	24	11.4	63.3%	225 (83.3%)	3 (1.1%)	30 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$10,004			$811			$9,193	34.3	44.9	1230	361
483486008847	1592	R Yzaguirre Middle	Public	6-8	605 E Fm 495	San Juan	78589	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2630	782	60	12.9	95.0%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	781 (99.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,450			$2,531			$9,919	34.3	27.3	1783	191
483104011388	1593	Rafael A Cantu J H	Public	6-8	5101 N Stewart Rd	Palmhurst	78573	Hidalgo County	Mission Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-7800	581	43	13.5	89.5%	13 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	565 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,524			$1,112			$11,412	34.2	27.7	1774	181
480016313855	1594	Classical Academy - Permian Basin	Public, Charter	K-8	4320 W Illinois Ave Ste A	Midland	79703	Hale County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 682-0384	258	20	13.1	41.9%	105 (40.7%)	13 (5.0%)	122 (47.3%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	11 (4.3%)	$8,076			$265			$7,811	34.1	35.7	1542	52
483294000290	1595	Driscoll Middle	Public	6-8	17150 Jones Maltsberger Rd	San Antonio	78247	Bexar County	North East Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 356-3200	562	53	10.6	53.0%	143 (25.4%)	34 (6.0%)	334 (59.4%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (6.4%)	$10,879			$454			$10,424	34.1	36.4	1523	72
483123007357	1596	Jose Borrego Middle	Public	6-8	25149 First St	Monte Alto	78538	Hidalgo County	Monte Alto Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 262-1374	180	15	12	90.0%	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	179 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,637			$1,841			$11,795	34.1	52.4	1002	594
483057013952	1597	Idea Travis Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-9	900 E Gist Ave	Midland	79701	Midland County	Midland Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 240-1000	1,195	68	17.5	70.8%	70 (5.9%)	72 (6.0%)	1,030 (86.2%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.1%)	$13,863			$1,185			$12,678	34.1	42	1320	277
483219006019	1598	Navasota J H	Public	6-8	9038 Hwy 90 S	Navasota	77868	Grimes County	Navasota Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 825-4225	636	51	12.4	81.6%	154 (24.2%)	111 (17.5%)	358 (56.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.3%)	$10,496			$2,089			$8,407	34	33.2	1622	24
482706003045	1599	Leary Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	9500 W New Boston Rd	Texarkana	75561	Bowie County	Leary Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 838-8960	120	11	10.9	95.8%	95 (79.2%)	6 (5.0%)	7 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.0%)	$10,502			$1,838			$8,664	34	38.5	1444	155
480142113295	1600	Newman International At Cedar Hill	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1114 W Fm 1382	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Newman International Academy Of Arlington	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 207-5061	982	57	17.2	63.1%	170 (17.3%)	372 (37.9%)	368 (37.5%)	21 (2.1%)	8 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.3%)	$9,077			$616			$8,461	34	43.7	1263	337

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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.
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