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
201	Griffin Middle	Public	6-8	3703 Edorado Pkwy	Frisco	75034	Denton County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4900	685	49	13.9	7.9%	381 (55.6%)	42 (6.1%)	91 (13.3%)	118 (17.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.4%)	$8,618							87.3	83.5	264	63		482001010495
202	McAnally Middle	Public	6-8	14700 Old Weatherford Rd	Fort Worth	76008	Parker County	Aledo Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(817) 441-8347	898	51	17.6	18.6%	608 (67.7%)	26 (2.9%)	196 (21.8%)	22 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.1%)	$7,838							87.3	82.2	282	80		480778014303
203	Indian Springs Middle	Public	5-8	305 Bursey Rd	Keller	76248	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 744-3200	891	59	15.2	11.9%	563 (63.2%)	30 (3.4%)	163 (18.3%)	69 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (7.4%)	$8,902							87.2	86.9	216	13		482526009047
204	Barbers Hill Middle South	Public	7-8	7717 Eagle Dr	Mont Belvieu	77580	Chambers County	Barbers Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 576-2221	587	45	13.1		335 (57.1%)	40 (6.8%)	189 (32.2%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	$12,380							87.1	87.3	205	1		480945012964
205	Dr Jack Cockrill Middle	Public	6-8	1351 N Hardin Rd	McKinney	75071	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 302-7900	1,210	84	14.4	22.3%	599 (49.5%)	174 (14.4%)	224 (18.5%)	142 (11.7%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	64 (5.3%)	$8,626							87.1	90.4	144	61		482985011171
206	Basis San Antonio - Jack Lewis Junior Campus	Public, Charter	6-8	3303 N Ellison Dr	San Antonio	78251	Bexar County	Basis Texas	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(480) 289-2088	181	12	14.6		14 (7.7%)	27 (14.9%)	78 (43.1%)	46 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.8%)	$12,467							87.1	87.1	209	3		480143814165
207	Archer City High School	Public	7-12	600 S Ash St	Archer City	76351	Archer County	Archer City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 574-4713	206	24	8.4	40.8%	156 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	$16,409							87.1	81.3	297	90		480861000229
208	Cobb Middle	Public	6-8	9400 Teel Pkwy	Frisco	75034	Denton County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4300	798	58	13.8	15.9%	281 (35.2%)	89 (11.2%)	129 (16.2%)	262 (32.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.3%)	$8,976							86.9	86.9	215	7		482001012481
209	Reading Jh	Public	6-8	8101 Fm762	Richmond	77469	Fort Bend County	Lamar Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 223-4400	1,603	78	20.6	29.1%	506 (31.6%)	340 (21.2%)	470 (29.3%)	209 (13.0%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	72 (4.5%)	$8,649							86.9	89.3	173	36		482658011978
210	Iola High School	Public	6-12	7282 Ft Worth St	Iola	77861	Grimes County	Iola Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 394-2361	315	34	9.3	38.4%	241 (76.5%)	5 (1.6%)	57 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	$12,793							86.8	80.6	309	99		482424002701

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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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