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)
483195008899	111	Mumford High School	Public	7-12	9755 Fm 50	Mumford	77807	Brazos County	Mumford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 279-3678	228	19	11.9	65.4%	99 (43.4%)	13 (5.7%)	110 (48.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$9,118			$821			$8,298	92.3	97.2	38	73
481611012598	112	Salyards Middle	Public	6-8	21757 Fairfield Place	Cypress	77433	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 373-2400	1,404	81	17.3	25.4%	698 (49.7%)	140 (10.0%)	374 (26.6%)	120 (8.5%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	67 (4.8%)	$8,156			$971			$7,185	92.2	92.5	105	7
483810004259	113	Round Top-Carmine High School	Public	7-12	378 Centennial St	Carmine	78932	Fayette County	Round Top-Carmine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 966-6118	112	13	8.4	41.1%	77 (68.8%)	4 (3.6%)	26 (23.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.5%)	$13,437			$1,054			$12,383	92.1	96.1	53	60
484668006994	114	Alicia R Chacon International	Public	K-8	920 Burgundy Dr	El Paso	79907	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-9200	824	55	14.9	65.3%	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	811 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,400			$937			$9,463	92	89.6	145	31
482001010496	115	Roach Middle	Public	6-8	12499 Independence Pkwy	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-5000	961	65	14.6	15.8%	283 (29.4%)	115 (12.0%)	107 (11.1%)	376 (39.1%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	69 (7.2%)	$9,044			$378			$8,666	92	91.8	116	1
483510009639	116	Murphy Middle	Public	6-8	620 N Murphy Rd	Murphy	75094	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-7000	925	57	16.1	18.6%	390 (42.2%)	88 (9.5%)	99 (10.7%)	311 (33.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.7%)	$7,741			$247			$7,494	91.8	91.5	121	5
482364002610	117	Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	900 W Gray St	Houston	77019	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 535-3771	651	39	16.8	50.5%	105 (16.1%)	62 (9.5%)	451 (69.3%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.4%)	$9,933			$828			$9,105	91.7	84.9	248	131
484266009435	118	Thrall Middle	Public	5-8	201 S Bounds St	Thrall	76578	Williamson County	Thrall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 898-5193	252	19	12.9	38.1%	157 (62.3%)	4 (1.6%)	89 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$9,991			$445			$9,546	91.7	86.7	206	88
481611010729	119	Spillane Middle	Public	6-8	13403 Woods Spillane Blvd	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 213-1645	1,436	88	16.2	31.9%	522 (36.4%)	208 (14.5%)	398 (27.7%)	230 (16.0%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (4.9%)	$8,444			$1,008			$7,436	91.7	93.1	93	26
480143513053	120	Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	11327 Dreamland Dr	San Antonio	78230	Bexar County	Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 890-7267	500	41	12.3	15.2%	176 (35.2%)	9 (1.8%)	265 (53.0%)	26 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.8%)	$6,752			$154			$6,598	91.6	90.6	132	12

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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.