Summary:
Howe, Texas is home to a single middle school, Howe Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 within the Howe Independent School District (Isd) and has a total enrollment of 281 students.
Howe Middle presents a mixed academic profile. The school is a standout in advanced mathematics, with 8th graders achieving a 100% proficiency rate on the Algebra I End-of-Course exam in 2024-2025—more than double the state average—and a 90.91% rate the following year. Social Studies is another relative strength, with 8th graders outperforming the state by 16 percentage points in 2024-2025. However, the school faces significant challenges. Standard grade-level math performance is a major weakness; for instance, only 18.81% of 6th graders were proficient in 2025-2026, compared to the state average of 38.57%. Reading scores have also declined, with 6th and 7th graders falling below state averages in the most recent data. The school’s state ranking has dropped sharply from the 76th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 53rd percentile in the projected 2025-2026 data, a 23-percentile-point decline over two years.
Despite a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1 and a 0.0% dropout rate, the overall trend is concerning. The school excels at preparing a select group of students for advanced math while the majority in standard classes struggle. A bright spot is the 8th grade, which outperformed the state in Reading, Math, and Algebra I in the latest data, suggesting stronger instruction in upper grades. With 42.35% of students economically disadvantaged, the school’s declining scores despite small class sizes present a paradox that warrants attention from parents considering this district.
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