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
1041	West Texas Secondary School	Public	6-12	600 S Stewart	Stinnett	79083	Hutchinson County	Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips Consolidated Independent School D	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 878-2456	304	40	7.6	32.9%	209 (68.8%)	2 (0.7%)	77 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	$10,662							51.1	53.4	966	75		484158004751
1042	Nocona Middle	Public	6-8	Cooke & Cottonwood	Nocona	76255	Montague County	Nocona Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 825-3121	176	16	11.3	70.5%	96 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (36.9%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.8%)	$14,736							51.1	50.5	1044	2		483279006459
1043	Sabine Middle	Public	7-8	5424 Fm 1252 W	Gladewater	75647	Gregg County	Sabine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 984-4767	266	20	13.3	45.1%	184 (69.2%)	8 (3.0%)	65 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	$8,682							51.1	55.8	894	149		483846004283
1044	Andrews Middle	Public	6-8	600 NW 3rd St	Andrews	79714	Andrews County	Andrews Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 523-3640	970	59	16.5	53.6%	256 (26.4%)	6 (0.6%)	685 (70.6%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.6%)	$9,646							51.1	61.2	757	287		480828000195
1045	Ricardo Molina Middle	Public	6-8	4301 Vientos Rd	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(956) 473-8100	769	47	16.3	90.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	768 (99.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$8,439							51.1	57	859	186		484365013763
1046	The Rhodes School - Humble	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	13334 Wallisville Rd Blds B-H	Houston	77049	Harris County	The Rhodes School For Performing Arts	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 319-9300	236	20	11.8	74.6%	5 (2.1%)	209 (88.6%)	11 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.4%)	$13,693							51.1	47.3	1167	121		480028313395
1047	Ponder J H	Public	6-8	300 W Bailey St	Ponder	76259	Denton County	Ponder Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 479-8220	389	29	13.3	43.7%	220 (56.6%)	4 (1.0%)	152 (39.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$8,976							51	53.7	959	88		483531011205
1048	Iowa Colony J H	Public	6-8	3704 County Rd 64	Iowa Colony	77583	Brazoria County	Alvin Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(713) 814-7500	699	44	15.7	58.4%	80 (11.4%)	279 (39.9%)	264 (37.8%)	46 (6.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.7%)	$00							51			(n/a)		480809014184
1049	Ezzell School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	20500 Fm 531	Hallettsville	77964	Lavaca County	Ezzell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 798-4448	128	13	9.8	51.6%	94 (73.4%)	3 (2.3%)	19 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.4%)	$12,149							51	62.1	736	313		481889001764
1050	Garden Oaks Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	901 Sue Barnett Dr	Houston	77018	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2930	763	44	17.2	42.7%	187 (24.5%)	45 (5.9%)	440 (57.7%)	43 (5.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (5.5%)	$8,881							51	34.4	1593	543		482364002463

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.