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
531	Celeste J H	Public	6-8	200 S 5th St	Celeste	75423	Hunt County	Celeste Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 568-4721	98	10	9.4	59.2%	64 (65.3%)	4 (4.1%)	25 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	$13,276							70.2	55.3	915	384		481326006522
532	Van J H	Public	7-8	630 S Oak St	Van	75790	Van Zandt County	Van Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 963-8321	360	26	13.7	57.5%	238 (66.1%)	15 (4.2%)	89 (24.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$8,092							70.2	64.2	675	143		484392004986
533	Collegiate Academy	Public	6-8	2115 N Williams Rd	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(956) 361-6100	117	9	12.5	70.1%	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,023							70	62.9	711	178		483879022947
534	Krimmel Intermed	Public	6-8	7070 Fm 2920	Klein	77379	Harris County	Klein Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 375-7200	1,172	79	14.8	44.9%	328 (28.0%)	232 (19.8%)	429 (36.6%)	127 (10.8%)	5 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	47 (4.0%)	$8,243							70	72.6	480	54		482574011417
535	Herman E Utley Middle	Public	7-8	1201 Tl Townsend Dr	Rockwall	75087	Rockwall County	Rockwall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 771-5281	968	52	18.7	31.7%	474 (49.0%)	169 (17.5%)	247 (25.5%)	31 (3.2%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.4%)	$8,415							70	77.1	381	154		483765011839
536	Somerset J H	Public	7-8	4730 Loop 1604 W	Von Ormy	78073	Bexar County	Somerset Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 750-8967	608	41	14.7	84.4%	35 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	564 (92.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$9,947							69.9	64.2	676	140		484074004624
537	Daggett Montessori	Public	K-8	801 W Jessamine	Fort Worth	76110	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-6300	546	34	16	46.0%	171 (31.3%)	29 (5.3%)	322 (59.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$11,302							69.9	61.3	753	216		481970009037
538	Special Rafael Hernando Middle	Public	6-8	3451 Rich Beem Blvd	El Paso	79938	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-9800	707	45	15.7	73.0%	37 (5.2%)	36 (5.1%)	616 (87.1%)	7 (1.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$10,477							69.9	76.7	393	145		484071011218
539	Running Brushy Middle	Public	6-8	2303 N Lakeline Blvd	Cedar Park	78613	Williamson County	Leander Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 570-3300	1,120	89	12.6	21.9%	464 (41.4%)	63 (5.6%)	372 (33.2%)	149 (13.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (6.2%)	$8,384							69.8	67.8	596	57		482703008959
540	Sudan High School	Public	8-12	107 W Hwy 303	Sudan	79371	Lamb County	Sudan Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 227-2336	180	21	8.4	37.2%	82 (45.6%)	3 (1.7%)	91 (50.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$15,097							69.8	55.9	891	351		484176004761

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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.