Summary:
There is one middle school, Travis Middle School, serving grades 6-8 in the Calhoun County Independent School District (Isd), located in Port Lavaca, Texas, with 693 students and a high rate of economic disadvantage at 73.3%.
As the sole middle school in the district, Travis Middle School shows a mixed performance profile. Its standout strength is in advanced math: Algebra I proficiency reached 84.62% in 2025-2026, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. However, this contrasts sharply with 8th Grade Math, where only 21.95% of students were proficient—25.29 percentage points below the state average. Similarly, 8th Grade Social Studies is a weak point at 18.52% proficiency versus the state's 31.69%. In Reading, the school starts strong in 6th grade (55.16% proficient, slightly above the state average) but declines in 7th and 8th grades, falling 6.40 percentage points behind in 8th grade. A bright spot is 7th Grade Math, where 34.62% proficiency beats the state average of 29.41%. The school's state ranking has been volatile, dropping to the 28th percentile in 2024-2025 before recovering to the 42nd percentile in 2025-2026.
Key takeaways for parents: The school excels with its top-tier students in Algebra I but struggles with the general 8th-grade population in math and social studies. The declining reading scores from 6th to 8th grade suggest a need for stronger curriculum continuity. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1 and per-student spending of $10,439, the school has resources but faces challenges from high poverty levels. The pockets of success in 7th Grade Math and 6th Grade Reading show that effective instruction is possible, and these areas could be models for improvement across the school.
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