Summary:
There is only one middle school in the Memphis Independent School District (Isd), Memphis Middle, which serves grades 6-8 with a small enrollment of 77 students in a rural Texas area.
Memphis Middle shows a clear academic split: it consistently beats the state average in Mathematics across all grade levels, with 58.33% of 8th graders proficient in math compared to the state's 47.24%. However, every grade level falls below the state average in Reading, with only 35.48% of 8th graders proficient versus the state's 58.69%. The school also struggles significantly in 8th Grade Science, where just 20% of students were proficient in 2024-2025, far below the state average of 46.25%. On a positive note, the school has a standout 7:1 student-teacher ratio, which is exceptionally low and allows for more individualized attention, and it spends $13,551 per student. The school has a 0.0% dropout rate and 83.12% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Performance can be volatile from year to year due to the small student body—for example, 7th Grade Math proficiency swung from 30.77% to 58.62% between school years. The school's state ranking has declined from the 67th percentile to the 56th percentile over recent years. While the school excels in Math and Social Studies (38.71% vs. 31.69% state average in 8th grade), the persistent weaknesses in Reading and Science suggest that resources, though ample, may need to be redirected toward literacy and science instruction to reverse the downward trend and build on the math success.
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