Summary:
The Somerville Independent School District (Isd) contains a single middle school, Somerville Intermediate, which serves grades 5 through 7 with 160 students in the small town of Somerville, Texas.
Somerville Intermediate is a school on a clear upward trajectory. Over the past three academic years, its state ranking has climbed from the 10th percentile to the 32nd percentile, a significant 22-point jump that earned it a 2-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year. This improvement is especially notable given that 76.88% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-poverty population. The school also maintains a perfect 0.0% dropout rate, a strong sign of student retention. However, the school still faces challenges. Proficiency rates in core subjects like Reading and Math for grades 5-7 remain well below state averages. For instance, 7th-grade Math proficiency was just 17.14% compared to the state's 29.41%, and 6th-grade Reading was 34.55% versus the state's 53.52%. Science is a particular weakness, with 5th-grade proficiency dropping to only 10.2% in 2024-2025.
A standout anomaly in the data is the 8th-grade Mathematics score for 2025-2026, which shows a staggering 94.44% proficiency rate. This is dramatically higher than the district average of 49.02% and the state average of 47.24%, and it far exceeds the school's own 7th-grade math score of 17.14%. This outlier could be due to a data error, a very small cohort of 8th graders, or a specialized program. Regardless, it highlights a need for further investigation. Overall, Somerville Intermediate is a school making steady progress despite significant socioeconomic hurdles, but it still has substantial work to do in bringing the majority of its students to grade-level proficiency in core subjects.
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