Summary:
Alto Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Alto Middle, which serves 152 students in grades 5 through 8 in a high-poverty area where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school benefits from a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.4 and spends $11,290 per student, yet its state ranking has declined sharply from the 60th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 24th percentile (1 star) in 2025-2026, signaling significant challenges.
Performance across subjects is uneven, with a standout strength in advanced math and critical weaknesses in other areas. In the 2025-2026 school year, 87.5% of students taking Algebra I were proficient, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%, but only 8.11% of 7th graders were proficient in grade-level math, compared to the state average of 29.41%. Similarly, 8th-grade social studies proficiency was just 7.89% versus the state average of 31.69%, and reading scores across all grades ranged from 29.55% to 41.86%, all below state averages. The 8th-grade class shows a stark contrast: strong in math (63.89%) and Algebra I, but weak in reading (36.84%) and social studies.
Year-over-year declines are widespread, with proficiency dropping in nearly every subject and grade from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, including 5th-grade reading (from 40.54% to 29.55%) and 7th-grade math (from 15.15% to 8.11%). Despite high spending and small class sizes, the school’s overall academic outcomes are well below state averages and worsening, suggesting systemic issues in instruction and resource allocation. The dropout rate remains at 0.0%, but urgent intervention is needed to reverse the downward trend for the majority of students.
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