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
1081	West Rusk Middle	Public	6-8	10705 S Main Hwy 42	New London	75682	Rusk County	West Rusk County Consolidated Independent School District (	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 392-7855	242	16	15	76.0%	122 (50.4%)	25 (10.3%)	73 (30.2%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (7.0%)	$8,430							49.8	51.2	1018	63		484515005152
1082	Harmony School Of Innovation - San Antonio	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-9	8125 Glen Mont Dr	San Antonio	78239	Bexar County	Harmony Public Schools - South Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 265-1575	367	26	14.3	79.8%	14 (3.8%)	77 (21.0%)	242 (65.9%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.9%)	$13,358							49.7	45.2	1235	153		480026612580
1083	Mount Pleasant J H	Public	7-8	2801 Old Paris Rd	Mount Pleasant	75455	Titus County	Mount Pleasant Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 575-2110	713	54	13.1	78.0%	126 (17.7%)	80 (11.2%)	492 (69.0%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	$9,640							49.7	49.2	1093	10		483176003538
1084	San Saba Middle	Public	5-8	808 W Wallace	San Saba	76877	San Saba County	San Saba Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 267-2731	216	17	12.7	73.1%	81 (37.5%)	1 (0.5%)	131 (60.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$8,873							49.6	47.3	1163	79		483903004459
1085	Idea Frontier College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	2800 S Dakota Ave	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 541-2002	781	50	15.6	88.3%	21 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	760 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,062							49.6	69.4	550	535		480021111952
1086	Kimbrough Middle	Public	6-8	3900 N Galloway Ave	Mesquite	75150	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5900	1,115	74	15	69.3%	166 (14.9%)	289 (25.9%)	595 (53.4%)	27 (2.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.0%)	$8,438							49.6	57	858	228		483039003695
1087	Boles Middle	Public	5-8	9777 Fm 2101	Quinlan	75474	Hunt County	Boles Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 914-1349	165	12	13.3	52.1%	119 (72.1%)	5 (3.0%)	30 (18.2%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)	$10,516							49.6	35.7	1552	465		481074009311
1088	Energized For Stem Academy Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	7055 Beechnut	Houston	77074	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 773-3600	335	9	37.2	94.9%	11 (3.3%)	14 (4.2%)	280 (83.6%)	26 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$8,259							49.5	24.8	1896	808		482364012383
1089	McCarroll Middle	Public	6-8	1201 W Thompson St	Decatur	76234	Wise County	Decatur Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 393-7300	838	52	16.1	45.5%	493 (58.8%)	9 (1.1%)	313 (37.4%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.3%)	$8,774							49.5	54.6	935	154		481650001408
1090	Brown Middle	Public	6-8	7820 Helen Of Troy Dr	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-0900	699	43	16.4	64.8%	45 (6.4%)	5 (0.7%)	626 (89.6%)	12 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	$9,294							49.4	38.6	1451	361		481830010638

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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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