Southmore Intermediate

Summary:

Southmore Intermediate is a public middle school in Pasadena, Texas, serving 687 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Pasadena Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 562 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Southmore Intermediate faces significant challenges compared to the surrounding schools and state averages. The school has a much higher percentage of Hispanic students (93.74%) and consistently underperforms on STAAR tests across all grade levels and subject areas. In fact, Southmore Intermediate has been ranked in the bottom 25-35% of middle schools in Texas for the past several years. While the school performs relatively well for its African American and multi-racial students, it struggles significantly with its Hispanic, White, and English Language Learner (ELL) populations. Additionally, Southmore Intermediate has experienced higher dropout rates than the state average.

However, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and strong performance on the STAAR EOC Algebra I exam suggest that there may be opportunities for targeted interventions and collaboration with higher-performing schools within the Pasadena ISD, such as Marshall Kendrick Middle and Park View Intermediate, to help improve overall student outcomes at Southmore Intermediate.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 2000 Patricia Ln
       Pasadena, TX  77502


(713) 740-0500

District: Pasadena Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1728th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,875 Help


Students who attend Southmore Intermediate usually attend:

High:    Sam Rayburn High School

Feeder schools for Southmore Intermediate:

Elementary:    Mae Smythe Elementary
    Morales Elementary
    Pomeroy Elementary
    South Shaver Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.1 Help
Number of students:  686

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
93.7%
African American:
3.1%
White:
2.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.2% Help


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Compare Details Southmore Intermediate ranks worse than 73.2% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 10th among 11 ranked middle schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.28. (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 (93.7%), African American (3.1%), White (2.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Southmore Intermediate is 13.1. 15 middle schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Southmore Intermediate is $10,875. 17 middle schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Southmore Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Southmore Intermediate 1728th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Southmore Intermediate in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Pasadena Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Pasadena Independent School District (Isd) 562nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Southmore Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 31.83 1229th 1573 21.9%
2005 39.81 1090th 1582 31.1%
2006 50.51 877th 1585 44.7%
2007 52.46 898th 1684 46.7%
2008 52.84 913th 1718 46.9%
2009 56.37 855th 1763 51.5%
2010 55.90 884th 1803 51.0%
2011 55.01 975th 1895 48.5%
2012 61.12 732nd 1951 62.5%
2013 59.01 799th 1973 59.5%
2014 52.33 993rd 1987 50.0%
2015 55.11 945th 2043 53.7%
2016 46.13 1151st 1987 42.1%
2017 40.53 1169th 2027 42.3%
2018 39.98 1241st 2080 40.3%
2019 33.74 1491st 2193 32.0%
2021 23.58 1779th 2252 21.0%
2022 28.53 1682nd 2254 25.4%
2023 27.24 1784th 2330 23.4%
2024 30.28 1728th 2361 26.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 8.65 724th 743 2.6%
2023 40.39 507th 817 37.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.17 841st 1376 38.9%
2019 27.51 1186th 1445 17.9%
2021 26.08 1361st 1592 14.5%
2022 35.19 1106th 1643 32.7%
2023 34.65 1155th 1720 32.8%
2024 42.84 946th 1760 46.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.44 643rd 1597 59.7%
2019 41.15 851st 1626 47.7%
2021 31.00 1275th 1712 25.5%
2022 38.55 1030th 1757 41.4%
2023 49.03 695th 1815 61.7%
2024 29.84 1459th 1881 22.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.71 888th 2039 56.4%
2019 46.19 1064th 2073 48.7%
2021 32.00 1574th 2172 27.5%
2022 37.21 1448th 2220 34.8%
2023 35.42 1527th 2251 32.2%
2024 38.06 1390th 2224 37.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.50 1295th 2008 35.5%
2019 34.31 1428th 2047 30.2%
2021 21.85 1785th 2151 17.0%
2022 23.99 1813th 2221 18.4%
2023 21.28 1893rd 2241 15.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.82 749th 1430 47.6%
2019 40.95 1051st 1446 27.3%
2021 44.64 990th 1501 34.0%
2022 51.97 876th 1488 41.1%
2023 41.30 1074th 1481 27.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.77 923rd 2008 54.0%
2019 43.31 1093rd 2058 46.9%
2021 38.09 1304th 2118 38.4%
2022 50.53 866th 2182 60.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.38 1146th 2030 43.5%
2019 32.17 1462nd 2069 29.3%
2021 26.35 1648th 2168 24.0%
2022 33.04 1537th 2228 31.0%
2023 33.30 1542nd 2245 31.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.94 707th 1167 39.4%
2019 28.83 903rd 1193 24.3%
2021 14.20 1185th 1213 2.3%
2022 22.30 1096th 1251 12.4%
2023 37.88 763rd 1273 40.1%
2024 25.61 1049th 1271 17.5%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.29 898th 1895 52.6%
2019 42.14 1087th 1935 43.8%
2021 30.58 1496th 2043 26.8%
2022 34.58 1409th 2077 32.2%
2023 32.70 1517th 2116 28.3%
2024 35.84 1404th 2108 33.4%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Southmore Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.33 1443rd 1673 13.7%
2019 23.04 1432nd 1684 15.0%
2021 19.55 1518th 1700 10.7%
2022 25.83 1426th 1723 17.2%
2023 28.12 1404th 1749 19.7%
2024 16.52 1581st 1724 8.3%
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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.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for Southmore Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 516 5 12 337 6 n/a n/a 0 876
1989 514 5 11 363 6 n/a n/a 0 899
1990 531 4 12 386 5 n/a n/a 0 938
1991 577 10 15 482 5 n/a n/a 0 1089
1992 523 12 22 552 5 n/a n/a 0 1114
1993 461 12 16 575 2 n/a n/a 0 1066
1994 343 10 5 571 1 n/a n/a 0 930
1995 276 16 5 637 0 n/a n/a 0 934
1996 276 16 5 637 0 n/a n/a 0 934
1997 251 17 3 633 4 n/a n/a 0 908
1998 259 22 5 657 2 n/a n/a 0 945
1999 239 17 6 653 1 n/a n/a 0 916
2000 179 22 5 636 2 n/a n/a 0 844
2001 149 20 3 688 4 n/a n/a 0 864
2002 127 23 6 703 2 n/a n/a 0 861
2003 127 23 6 703 2 n/a n/a 0 861
2004 113 31 4 762 2 n/a n/a 0 912
2005 113 25 4 756 1 n/a n/a 0 899
2006 100 21 4 765 1 n/a n/a 0 891
2007 93 20 5 815 0 n/a n/a 0 933
2008 68 12 7 816 0 n/a n/a 0 903
2009 61 18 5 673 0 n/a n/a 0 757
2010 63 20 4 700 0 n/a n/a 0 787
2011 52 15 3 685 2 1 4 0 762
2012 45 27 1 727 1 0 2 0 803
2013 34 27 2 737 0 0 1 0 801
2014 37 29 3 794 1 0 0 0 864
2015 40 26 3 783 0 0 3 0 855
2016 36 14 0 783 2 0 3 0 838
2017 30 15 1 759 1 0 2 0 808
2018 28 16 1 733 0 0 5 0 783
2019 26 20 0 669 3 0 3 0 721
2020 22 13 1 672 2 0 4 0 714
2021 22 16 1 704 0 0 6 0 749
2022 20 19 0 668 1 0 1 0 709
2023 20 19 0 644 0 0 4 0 687
2024 18 21 1 643 0 0 3 0 686

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 Southmore Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 876 47.0 18.6 n/a
1989 899 n/a n/a n/a
1990 938 49.0 19.1 n/a
1991 1089 48.9 22.2 n/a
1992 1114 62.5 17.8 47.9
1993 1066 65.0 16.4 57.3
1994 930 54.7 17.0 62
1995 934 54.7 17.1 63.9
1996 934 54.7 17.1 63.9
1997 908 56.8 16.0 59.9
1998 945 57.7 16.4 63.1
1999 916 56.0 16.4 70.9
2000 844 55.1 15.3 72.2
2001 864 58.2 14.8 72.8
2002 861 59.3 14.5 80.6
2003 861 59.3 14.5 80.6
2004 912 50.1 18.2 79.4
2005 899 55.9 16.1 81.1
2006 891 58.8 15.2 82.7
2007 933 60.0 15.6 84
2008 903 61.6 14.7 83.4
2009 757 51.4 14.7 88.8
2010 787 49.8 15.7 88.7
2011 762 49.0 15.5 11.8
2012 803 46.7 17.1 89
2013 801 47.3 16.9 90.8
2014 864 53.6 16.1 87.8
2015 855 55.0 15.5 88.3
2016 838 56.0 14.9 88.7
2017 808 57.0 14.1 87.1
2018 783 58.7 13.3 85.7
2019 721 57.7 12.4 93.6
2020 714 57.0 12.5 91.5
2021 749 55.9 13.3 91.6
2022 709 56.7 12.4 92.8
2023 687 54.8 12.5 92.1
2024 686 52.1 13.1 94.2

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 Southmore Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 876 47.0 18.6 n/a
1989 899 n/a n/a n/a
1990 938 49.0 19.1 n/a
1991 1089 48.9 22.2 n/a
1992 1114 62.5 17.8 47.9
1993 1066 65.0 16.4 57.3
1994 930 54.7 17.0 62
1995 934 54.7 17.1 63.9
1996 934 54.7 17.1 63.9
1997 908 56.8 16.0 59.9
1998 945 57.7 16.4 63.1
1999 916 56.0 16.4 70.9
2000 844 55.1 15.3 72.2
2001 864 58.2 14.8 72.8
2002 861 59.3 14.5 80.6
2003 861 59.3 14.5 80.6
2004 912 50.1 18.2 79.4
2005 899 55.9 16.1 81.1
2006 891 58.8 15.2 82.7
2007 933 60.0 15.6 84
2008 903 61.6 14.7 83.4
2009 757 51.4 14.7 88.8
2010 787 49.8 15.7 88.7
2011 762 49.0 15.5 11.8
2012 803 46.7 17.1 89
2013 801 47.3 16.9 90.8
2014 864 53.6 16.1 87.8
2015 855 55.0 15.5 88.3
2016 838 56.0 14.9 88.7
2017 808 57.0 14.1 87.1
2018 783 58.7 13.3 85.7
2019 721 57.7 12.4 93.6
2020 714 57.0 12.5 91.5
2021 749 55.9 13.3 91.6
2022 709 56.7 12.4 92.8
2023 687 54.8 12.5 92.1
2024 686 52.1 13.1 94.2

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 Southmore Intermediate

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,519 (13.7%) $9,551 (86.3%) $11,070
2020 $1,281 (11.3%) $10,102 (88.7%) $11,383
2021 $1,329 (12.2%) $9,546 (87.8%) $10,875

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Southmore Intermediate

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1491st of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1784th of 2330 Middle schools
 8.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Southmore Intermediate)3638
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4045
 5%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Southmore Intermediate)2212
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3530
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Southmore Intermediate)3746
 9%
   8th Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4545
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Southmore Intermediate)5634
 22%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))5640
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Southmore Intermediate)3729
 8%
   8th Grade Science (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4235
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Southmore Intermediate)2615
 11%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3223
 9%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Southmore Intermediate)10097
 3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))7761
 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 Students721687
 4.7%
African American2019
 5%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic669644
 3.7%
Pacific Islander00
White2620
 23.1%
Two or More Races34
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients93.6%92.1%
 1.5%


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Southmore Intermediate ranks 1728th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Southmore Intermediate usually go on to attend Sam Rayburn High School

Students at Southmore Intermediate are 94% Hispanic, 3% African American, 3% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 686 students attended Southmore Intermediate.


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