Ortiz Middle

Summary:

Ortiz Middle is a public magnet middle school in Houston, Texas, serving 871 students in grades 6-8. The school has a diverse student population, with a majority Hispanic enrollment and significant African American and Asian representation.

Ortiz Middle faces significant academic challenges, consistently underperforming compared to the Houston Independent School District (ISD) and the state of Texas in STAAR test scores across subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of Ortiz Middle students proficient or better in STAAR Reading ranged from 25.1% to 33.22%, compared to 46.73% to 48.89% for Houston ISD and 52.08% to 54.45% for Texas. The performance gap is even more pronounced in STAAR Mathematics, where Ortiz Middle's proficiency rates ranged from 5.49% to 28.57%, compared to 29.07% to 34.42% for Houston ISD and 31.89% to 40.23% for Texas. Additionally, Ortiz Middle has experienced a concerning increase in dropout rates, rising from 0.5% in 2017-2018 to 3.0% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools within the Houston ISD, such as Stevenson Middle and Deady Middle, Ortiz Middle consistently underperforms in academic metrics. For instance, in the 2023-2024 school year, Stevenson Middle had significantly higher proficiency rates in STAAR Reading (39.78% to 50.76%) and STAAR Mathematics (17.65% to 40%) compared to Ortiz Middle. Additionally, Ortiz Middle's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, with the school's ranking for African American and Hispanic students in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, indicating significant achievement gaps.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-8

 6767 Telephone Rd
       Houston, TX  77061-2056


(713) 845-5650

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2069th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,290 Help


Students who attend Ortiz Middle usually attend:

High:    Chavez High School

Feeder schools for Ortiz Middle:

Elementary:    Bellfort Early Childhood Center
    Lewis Elementary
    Park Place Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  823

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.3%
African American:
12.9%
Asian:
1.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94% Help


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Compare Details Ortiz Middle ranks worse than 87.6% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 30th among 42 ranked middle schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.09. (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 (84.3%), African American (12.9%), Asian (1.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ortiz Middle is 14.5. 26 middle schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ortiz Middle is $10,290. 21 middle schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ortiz Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Ortiz Middle 2069th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Ortiz Middle in the ranking list.)

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Houston Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Houston Independent School District (Isd) 572nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ortiz Middle

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Rank History for all students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 19.32 1399th 1573 11.1%
2005 23.51 1334th 1582 15.7%
2006 14.24 1463rd 1585 7.7%
2007 14.42 1562nd 1684 7.2%
2008 16.38 1585th 1718 7.7%
2009 22.46 1580th 1763 10.4%
2010 29.16 1534th 1803 14.9%
2011 44.74 1280th 1895 32.5%
2012 34.14 1421st 1951 27.2%
2013 33.96 1463rd 1973 25.8%
2014 36.37 1371st 1987 31.0%
2015 23.93 1713th 2043 16.2%
2016 26.11 1629th 1987 18.0%
2017 32.56 1414th 2027 30.2%
2018 24.23 1705th 2080 18.0%
2019 24.81 1762nd 2193 19.7%
2021 20.88 1849th 2252 17.9%
2022 31.43 1590th 2254 29.5%
2023 15.43 2104th 2330 9.7%
2024 18.09 2069th 2361 12.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.63 1070th 1376 22.2%
2019 36.06 941st 1445 34.9%
2021 34.69 1082nd 1592 32.0%
2022 35.58 1096th 1643 33.3%
2023 20.96 1532nd 1720 10.9%
2024 31.03 1305th 1760 25.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.07 1007th 1597 36.9%
2019 49.24 612th 1626 62.4%
2021 44.26 779th 1712 54.5%
2022 58.36 441st 1757 74.9%
2023 33.62 1262nd 1815 30.5%
2024 77.64 171st 1881 90.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.58 1491st 2039 26.9%
2019 33.63 1500th 2073 27.6%
2021 28.91 1672nd 2172 23.0%
2022 43.51 1215th 2220 45.3%
2023 19.63 2010th 2251 10.7%
2024 29.29 1733rd 2224 22.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.09 1723rd 2008 14.2%
2019 24.63 1685th 2047 17.7%
2021 23.31 1735th 2151 19.3%
2022 31.39 1582nd 2221 28.8%
2023 14.89 2055th 2241 8.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.49 1307th 1430 8.6%
2019 10.29 1392nd 1446 3.7%
2021 11.76 1394th 1501 7.1%
2022 29.57 1230th 1488 17.3%
2023 11.50 1400th 1481 5.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.46 1060th 2008 47.2%
2019 34.48 1415th 2058 31.2%
2021 32.46 1540th 2118 27.3%
2022 42.52 1179th 2182 46.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.43 1615th 2030 20.4%
2019 24.28 1699th 2069 17.9%
2021 18.89 1879th 2168 13.3%
2022 31.55 1591st 2228 28.6%
2023 16.39 2016th 2245 10.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.99 560th 587 4.6%
2019 12.63 554th 594 6.7%
2021 17.75 533rd 589 9.5%
2022 17.11 554th 606 8.6%
2024 18.48 550th 612 10.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.29 864th 1167 26.0%
2019 35.39 766th 1193 35.8%
2021 25.80 998th 1213 17.7%
2022 44.50 610th 1251 51.2%
2023 20.67 1116th 1273 12.3%
2024 32.63 899th 1271 29.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.06 1414th 1895 25.4%
2019 31.28 1444th 1935 25.4%
2021 28.26 1567th 2043 23.3%
2022 38.37 1284th 2077 38.2%
2023 20.23 1869th 2116 11.7%
2024 26.64 1703rd 2108 19.2%
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Rank History for White students at Ortiz Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 8.02 1645th 1684 2.3%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ortiz Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 13 266 47 574 0 n/a n/a 0 900
2003 13 266 47 574 0 n/a n/a 0 900
2004 14 264 44 649 0 n/a n/a 0 971
2005 9 263 53 703 0 n/a n/a 0 1028
2006 11 259 64 729 1 n/a n/a 0 1064
2007 11 254 70 743 0 n/a n/a 0 1078
2008 5 224 65 752 0 n/a n/a 0 1046
2009 4 220 61 713 0 n/a n/a 0 998
2010 13 179 63 723 1 n/a n/a 0 979
2011 16 204 50 753 0 9 0 0 1032
2012 19 197 58 756 2 2 1 0 1035
2013 17 212 49 733 1 1 0 0 1013
2014 13 196 51 747 1 1 1 0 1010
2015 18 208 43 766 2 2 1 0 1040
2016 19 224 44 743 2 1 2 0 1035
2017 15 231 32 803 2 1 2 0 1086
2018 12 226 23 798 1 0 2 0 1062
2019 14 205 25 821 0 0 2 0 1067
2020 8 201 23 870 0 0 5 0 1107
2021 4 175 22 814 2 0 5 0 1022
2022 9 147 17 768 3 0 6 0 950
2023 8 123 10 724 1 0 5 0 871
2024 7 106 12 694 0 0 4 0 823

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 Ortiz Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 900 50.3 17.9 79.7
2003 900 50.3 17.9 79.7
2004 971 51.0 19.0 86.8
2005 1028 50.0 20.6 84.7
2006 1064 50.0 21.3 90
2007 1078 53.6 20.1 69.8
2008 1046 52.0 20.1 73.2
2009 998 54.0 18.5 74.1
2010 979 58.0 16.8 68.4
2011 1032 56.1 18.3 63.1
2012 1035 55.0 18.8 51.2
2013 1013 55.0 18.4 93.4
2014 1010 56.0 18.0 97.2
2015 1040 56.0 18.5 75.8
2016 1035 58.0 17.8 93.2
2017 1086 62.6 17.3 91.4
2018 1062 67.7 15.6 91.3
2019 1067 62.3 17.1 95.9
2020 1107 63.0 17.5 96.6
2021 1022 64.6 15.8 96.3
2022 950 60.3 15.7 98.8
2023 871 53.0 16.4 96.9
2024 823 56.7 14.5 94

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 Ortiz Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 900 50.3 17.9 79.7
2003 900 50.3 17.9 79.7
2004 971 51.0 19.0 86.8
2005 1028 50.0 20.6 84.7
2006 1064 50.0 21.3 90
2007 1078 53.6 20.1 69.8
2008 1046 52.0 20.1 73.2
2009 998 54.0 18.5 74.1
2010 979 58.0 16.8 68.4
2011 1032 56.1 18.3 63.1
2012 1035 55.0 18.8 51.2
2013 1013 55.0 18.4 93.4
2014 1010 56.0 18.0 97.2
2015 1040 56.0 18.5 75.8
2016 1035 58.0 17.8 93.2
2017 1086 62.6 17.3 91.4
2018 1062 67.7 15.6 91.3
2019 1067 62.3 17.1 95.9
2020 1107 63.0 17.5 96.6
2021 1022 64.6 15.8 96.3
2022 950 60.3 15.7 98.8
2023 871 53.0 16.4 96.9
2024 823 56.7 14.5 94

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Ortiz Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,413 (15.1%) $7,923 (84.9%) $9,335
2020 $1,748 (18.4%) $7,759 (81.6%) $9,508
2021 $1,083 (10.5%) $9,207 (89.5%) $10,290

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ortiz Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1762nd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 2104th of 2330 Middle schools
 10%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Ortiz Middle)2028
 8%
   6th Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3142
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Ortiz Middle)3012
 18%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3929
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Ortiz Middle)2928
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4445
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ortiz Middle)3713
 24%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3929
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Ortiz Middle)3534
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4747
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ortiz Middle)4418
 26%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4528
 17%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Ortiz Middle)3226
 6%
   8th Grade Science (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3934
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Ortiz Middle)1412
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Houston Independent School District (Isd))2723
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Ortiz Middle)9363
 30%
   End of Course Algebra I (Houston Independent School District (Isd))5034
 16%
   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 Students1067871
 18.4%
African American205123
 40%
American Indian01
Asian2510
 60%
Hispanic821724
 11.8%
Pacific Islander00
White148
 42.9%
Two or More Races25
 150%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95.9%96.9%
 1%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 823 students attended Ortiz Middle.

Ortiz Middle ranks in the bottom 12.4% of Texas middle schools.

Students who attend Ortiz Middle usually go on to attend Chavez High School

Students at Ortiz Middle are 84% Hispanic, 13% African American, 1% Asian.


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