Cunningham Middle

Summary:

Cunningham Middle is a public middle school in Houston, Texas, serving 928 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Galena Park Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 369 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Academically, Cunningham Middle's performance on STAAR tests is generally below the district and state averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 7th-grade STAAR Reading, only 45.17% of Cunningham students were proficient or better, compared to 49.91% for the Galena Park ISD and 52.08% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in 8th-grade STAAR Social Studies, with only 15.79% of students proficient or better, compared to 22.34% for the district and 30.55% for the state. However, the school's performance for its large population of economically disadvantaged students (88.9%) is relatively strong, ranking in the top 50% of Texas middle schools.

Cunningham Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. African American and Hispanic students generally perform better than their White and multi-racial peers, with the school ranking in the top 30% and top 15% of Texas middle schools for English Language Learners and Gifted and Talented students, respectively. In comparison, nearby schools like Woodland Acres Middle and North Shore Middle within the Galena Park ISD, as well as the IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory charter school, generally outperform Cunningham Middle in academic measures.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 14110 Wallisville Rd
       Houston, TX  77049-4031


(832) 386-4470

District: Galena Park Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1347th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,419 Help


Students who attend Cunningham Middle usually attend:

High:    North Shore Senior High

Feeder schools for Cunningham Middle:

Elementary:    Green Valley Elementary
    Normandy Crossing Elementary
    Purple Sage Elementary
    Tice Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  897

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
61.8%
African American:
34.3%
White:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.2% Help


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Compare Details Cunningham Middle ranks worse than 57.1% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Galena Park Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.41. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (61.8%), African American (34.3%), White (2.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Galena Park Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cunningham Middle is 13.6. 2 middle schools in the Galena Park Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cunningham Middle is $11,419, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Galena Park Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cunningham Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Cunningham Middle 1347th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Cunningham Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Galena Park Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Galena Park Independent School District (Isd) 369th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cunningham Middle

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Rank History for all students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 74.57 256th 1573 83.7%
2005 64.63 532nd 1582 66.4%
2006 50.08 889th 1585 43.9%
2007 49.26 976th 1684 42.0%
2008 69.55 425th 1718 75.3%
2009 62.75 671st 1763 61.9%
2010 65.37 563rd 1803 68.8%
2011 61.12 745th 1895 60.7%
2012 58.00 811th 1951 58.4%
2013 52.41 988th 1973 49.9%
2014 51.96 1006th 1987 49.4%
2015 58.25 856th 2043 58.1%
2016 63.94 716th 1987 64.0%
2017 48.31 927th 2027 54.3%
2018 44.35 1104th 2080 46.9%
2019 41.90 1236th 2193 43.6%
2021 31.55 1541st 2252 31.6%
2022 34.17 1500th 2254 33.5%
2023 37.09 1493rd 2330 35.9%
2024 41.41 1347th 2361 42.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.14 414th 720 42.5%
2019 33.08 532nd 753 29.3%
2021 65.10 189th 743 74.6%
2022 44.32 462nd 813 43.2%
2023 19.42 731st 817 10.5%
2024 37.33 522nd 812 35.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.90 564th 1376 59.0%
2019 51.44 535th 1445 63.0%
2021 49.13 628th 1592 60.6%
2022 50.28 644th 1643 60.8%
2023 58.48 508th 1720 70.5%
2024 64.27 424th 1760 75.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.79 1247th 1597 21.9%
2019 37.97 971st 1626 40.3%
2021 36.69 1052nd 1712 38.6%
2022 34.69 1176th 1757 33.1%
2023 36.97 1124th 1815 38.1%
2024 47.04 913th 1881 51.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.58 730th 2039 64.2%
2019 52.46 848th 2073 59.1%
2021 40.99 1266th 2172 41.7%
2022 47.02 1086th 2220 51.1%
2023 48.47 1092nd 2251 51.5%
2024 49.56 994th 2224 55.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.86 1054th 2008 47.5%
2019 43.35 1139th 2047 44.4%
2021 31.99 1509th 2151 29.8%
2022 38.98 1347th 2221 39.4%
2023 34.26 1546th 2241 31.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.78 432nd 1430 69.8%
2019 66.47 506th 1446 65.0%
2021 69.77 466th 1501 69.0%
2022 66.10 514th 1488 65.5%
2023 75.79 225th 1481 84.8%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.45 554th 2008 72.4%
2019 54.54 699th 2058 66.0%
2021 48.23 924th 2118 56.4%
2022 50.85 856th 2182 60.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.34 1147th 2030 43.5%
2019 39.23 1248th 2069 39.7%
2021 32.19 1467th 2168 32.3%
2022 29.43 1660th 2228 25.5%
2023 39.56 1337th 2245 40.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.55 389th 594 34.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.61 525th 1167 55.0%
2019 51.63 470th 1193 60.6%
2021 36.97 767th 1213 36.8%
2022 42.51 652nd 1251 47.9%
2023 46.72 615th 1273 51.7%
2024 41.96 687th 1271 45.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.90 591st 1895 68.8%
2019 52.25 804th 1935 58.4%
2021 44.68 1066th 2043 47.8%
2022 45.25 1063rd 2077 48.8%
2023 49.50 977th 2116 53.8%
2024 57.95 714th 2108 66.1%
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Rank History for White students at Cunningham Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.43 1127th 1673 32.6%
2019 27.71 1353rd 1684 19.7%
2021 29.19 1346th 1700 20.8%
2022 37.63 1149th 1723 33.3%
2023 28.29 1398th 1749 20.1%
2024 32.44 1286th 1724 25.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Cunningham Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 264 265 57 146 4 n/a n/a 0 736
1989 244 304 62 173 3 n/a n/a 0 786
1990 246 318 64 200 0 n/a n/a 0 828
1991 257 381 66 218 1 n/a n/a 0 923
1992 246 437 72 260 2 n/a n/a 0 1017
1993 252 533 84 329 3 n/a n/a 0 1201
1994 224 541 81 360 2 n/a n/a 0 1208
1995 168 586 83 402 0 n/a n/a 0 1239
1996 168 586 83 402 0 n/a n/a 0 1239
1997 158 598 81 423 1 n/a n/a 0 1261
1998 136 581 87 427 1 n/a n/a 0 1232
1999 128 625 73 431 2 n/a n/a 0 1259
2000 125 603 57 466 3 n/a n/a 0 1254
2001 71 428 34 332 0 n/a n/a 0 865
2002 54 481 36 369 1 n/a n/a 0 941
2003 54 481 36 369 1 n/a n/a 0 941
2004 49 501 31 341 1 n/a n/a 0 923
2005 38 457 21 344 1 n/a n/a 0 861
2006 40 469 25 404 0 n/a n/a 0 938
2007 42 428 24 378 0 n/a n/a 0 872
2008 28 414 14 363 0 n/a n/a 0 819
2009 27 385 8 468 0 n/a n/a 0 888
2010 36 360 11 524 1 n/a n/a 0 932
2011 25 356 8 521 3 0 11 0 924
2012 34 358 6 510 4 0 3 0 915
2013 41 335 5 514 7 1 4 0 907
2014 29 351 7 540 3 1 9 0 940
2015 31 393 8 575 3 0 4 0 1014
2016 28 367 10 546 1 1 5 0 958
2017 28 398 5 571 2 2 9 0 1015
2018 27 356 8 579 5 1 12 0 988
2019 23 324 10 590 3 0 12 0 962
2020 28 337 4 603 1 0 13 0 986
2021 37 320 2 600 2 0 16 0 977
2022 33 330 1 606 4 0 12 0 986
2023 21 329 2 557 4 1 14 0 928
2024 22 308 3 554 0 1 9 0 897

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cunningham Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 736 43.0 17.1 n/a
1989 786 n/a n/a n/a
1990 828 44.0 18.8 n/a
1991 923 43.7 21.1 n/a
1992 1017 55.0 18.4 17.7
1993 1201 64.0 18.8 23.6
1994 1208 71.7 16.8 25.2
1995 1239 78.4 15.8 39.7
1996 1239 78.4 15.8 39.7
1997 1261 81.4 15.5 35.4
1998 1232 85.3 14.4 41.7
1999 1259 84.8 14.8 51
2000 1254 92.5 13.6 50.5
2001 865 70.8 12.2 49.6
2002 941 73.6 12.8 52.2
2003 941 73.6 12.8 52.2
2004 923 77.3 11.9 59.2
2005 861 77.0 11.2 70
2006 938 77.1 12.2 68.3
2007 872 73.9 11.8 66.2
2008 819 70.7 11.6 69.5
2009 888 67.6 13.1 76
2010 932 71.3 13.0 73.3
2011 924 68.5 13.4 72.7
2012 915 67.9 13.4 78.3
2013 907 68.5 13.2 82.7
2014 940 70.8 13.2 80.3
2015 1014 62.0 16.3 79.2
2016 958 66.0 14.5 77.5
2017 1015 64.3 15.7 80.9
2018 988 63.7 15.4 80.6
2019 962 60.4 15.9 86.6
2020 986 63.0 15.6 87.3
2021 977 66.0 14.8 86.7
2022 986 66.3 14.8 89
2023 928 67.7 13.6 88.9
2024 897 65.8 13.6 90.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cunningham Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 736 43.0 17.1 n/a
1989 786 n/a n/a n/a
1990 828 44.0 18.8 n/a
1991 923 43.7 21.1 n/a
1992 1017 55.0 18.4 17.7
1993 1201 64.0 18.8 23.6
1994 1208 71.7 16.8 25.2
1995 1239 78.4 15.8 39.7
1996 1239 78.4 15.8 39.7
1997 1261 81.4 15.5 35.4
1998 1232 85.3 14.4 41.7
1999 1259 84.8 14.8 51
2000 1254 92.5 13.6 50.5
2001 865 70.8 12.2 49.6
2002 941 73.6 12.8 52.2
2003 941 73.6 12.8 52.2
2004 923 77.3 11.9 59.2
2005 861 77.0 11.2 70
2006 938 77.1 12.2 68.3
2007 872 73.9 11.8 66.2
2008 819 70.7 11.6 69.5
2009 888 67.6 13.1 76
2010 932 71.3 13.0 73.3
2011 924 68.5 13.4 72.7
2012 915 67.9 13.4 78.3
2013 907 68.5 13.2 82.7
2014 940 70.8 13.2 80.3
2015 1014 62.0 16.3 79.2
2016 958 66.0 14.5 77.5
2017 1015 64.3 15.7 80.9
2018 988 63.7 15.4 80.6
2019 962 60.4 15.9 86.6
2020 986 63.0 15.6 87.3
2021 977 66.0 14.8 86.7
2022 986 66.3 14.8 89
2023 928 67.7 13.6 88.9
2024 897 65.8 13.6 90.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cunningham Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,333 (13.5%) $8,522 (86.5%) $9,854
2020 $2,001 (20.0%) $8,025 (80.0%) $10,026
2021 $1,429 (12.5%) $9,990 (87.5%) $11,419

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cunningham Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1236th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1493rd of 2330 Middle schools
 7.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Cunningham Middle)4046
 6%
   7th Grade Reading (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))4148
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cunningham Middle)2220
 2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))2024
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Cunningham Middle)4552
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))4554
 9%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cunningham Middle)6644
 22%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))6152
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Cunningham Middle)4130
 11%
   8th Grade Science (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))4643
 3%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Cunningham Middle)2618
 8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))2822
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Cunningham Middle)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (Galena Park Independent School District (Isd))7663
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students962928
 3.5%
African American324329
 1.5%
American Indian34
 33.3%
Asian102
 80%
Hispanic590557
 5.6%
Pacific Islander01
White2321
 8.7%
Two or More Races1214
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients86.6%88.9%
 2.3%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 897 students attended Cunningham Middle.

Cunningham Middle ranks 1347th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Cunningham Middle usually go on to attend North Shore Senior High

Students at Cunningham Middle are 62% Hispanic, 34% African American, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.


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