Best Middle Schools in Texas

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 2344)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
731	Haskell J H	Public	6-8	600 N Ave E	Haskell	79521	Haskell County	Haskell Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 864-5981	111	13	8.5	68.5%	60 (54.1%)	2 (1.8%)	44 (39.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	$11,977							62.6	63.4	703	28		482274011279
732	North Texas Collegiate Academy-North Campus	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4601 Ih 35 N	Denton	76207	Denton County	North Texas Collegiate Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 383-1972	237	13	17.6	81.4%	64 (27.0%)	99 (41.8%)	51 (21.5%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.6%)	$9,823							62.6	62.7	716	16		480018711443
733	Leonard Evans Junior Middle	Public	6-8	6998 W Eldorado Pkwy	McKinney	75070	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 302-7100	798	61	12.9	39.6%	329 (41.2%)	127 (15.9%)	261 (32.7%)	51 (6.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.3%)	$10,085							62.4	80.8	306	427		482985010502
734	Dobie J H	Public	7-8	395 W Borgfeld Rd	Cibolo	78108	Guadalupe County	Schertz-Cibolo-U City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 619-4100	1,231	71	17.2	28.4%	373 (30.3%)	182 (14.8%)	550 (44.7%)	19 (1.5%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	99 (8.0%)	$7,191							62.3	71.8	503	231		483948007898
735	Brown Middle	Public	6-8	2700 S Ware Rd	McAllen	78503	Hidalgo County	McAllen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 632-8700	580	51	11.4	87.2%	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	573 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,606							62.3	42.3	1329	594		482967003331
736	Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	415 Shiloh Rd	Bastrop	78602	Bastrop County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(737) 500-0600	226	16	14.2	27.0%	115 (50.9%)	15 (6.6%)	82 (36.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$10,368							62.3	50.4	1047	311		480016314319
737	Step Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	11250 S Wilcrest Dr	Houston	77099	Harris County	Step Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 988-7797	293	19	15.1	77.1%	12 (4.1%)	55 (18.8%)	151 (51.5%)	66 (22.5%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$13,745							62.2	66.7	623	114		480027511245
738	Jefferies J H	Public	6-8	One Valley Forge Dr	Comanche	76442	Comanche County	Comanche Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 356-5220	295	24	12.3	55.9%	132 (44.7%)	1 (0.3%)	161 (54.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,254							62.2	67.2	611	127		481476000977
739	Pioneer Technology (Ptaa) Fate	Public, Charter	5-12	5952 I-30	Fate	75132	Rockwall County	Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 375-9672	344	22	15.3	25.3%	143 (41.6%)	67 (19.5%)	98 (28.5%)	15 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	$8,106							62.2	62.4	729	10		480145113828
740	R C Loflin Middle	Public	6-8	6801 Cr 1902	Joshua	76058	Johnson County	Joshua Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 202-2500	696	38	18.2	51.3%	334 (48.0%)	28 (4.0%)	312 (44.8%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	$9,730							62.2	56.5	874	134		482493002782

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science, STAAR Social Studies test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on June 25, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
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