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
2261	Youth Center Of High Plains	Public, Alternative	4-11	9300 S Georgia	Amarillo	79118	Randall County	Canyon Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 677-2450	40	8	4.7	7.5%	11 (27.5%)	8 (20.0%)	18 (45.0%)	3 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,727							8	36.4	1522	739		481281005172
2262	Texas Virtual Academy At Hallsville	Public, Virtual, Alternative	3-12	311 Willow St	Hallsville	75650	Harrison County	Hallsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	Yes	No	(903) 668-5990	19,731				5,720 (29.0%)	3,172 (16.1%)	9,603 (48.7%)	284 (1.4%)	82 (0.4%)	42 (0.2%)	828 (4.2%)	$10,680							7.9	10.1	2268	6		482217012918
2263	Bexar County Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1481 Hillcrest Dr	San Antonio	78228	Bexar County	Bexar County Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 432-8600	153			59.5%	7 (4.6%)	8 (5.2%)	137 (89.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,927							7.7	6.6	2312	49		480007708105
2264	M L King Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	510 Morningview Dr	San Antonio	78220	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 978-7935	532	36	14.9	96.1%	3 (0.6%)	118 (22.2%)	405 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$20,999							7.6	23	1957	307		483873010425
2265	Reve Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	12707 Cullen Blvd	Houston	77047	Harris County	Reve Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 703-0219	237	1	289	100.0%	10 (4.2%)	165 (69.6%)	61 (25.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,022							7.6	6	2323	58		480146513797
2266	Roy Cisneros Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	3011 Ruiz	San Antonio	78237	Bexar County	Edgewood Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 898-4170	195	23	8.4	92.8%	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	193 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,006							7.6	10.9	2253	13		481815001610
2267	Leonard Middle	Public	6-8	8900 Chapin	Fort Worth	76116	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-6200	568	37	15.2	92.6%	31 (5.5%)	182 (32.0%)	328 (57.7%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	$12,555							7.5	6.9	2309	42		481970001874
2268	Rhodes Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3000 Tampico St	San Antonio	78207	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 978-7925	461	35	13.2	96.3%	5 (1.1%)	12 (2.6%)	431 (93.5%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$11,611							7.3	6.5	2316	48		483873004386
2269	Cooke/Fannin/Grayson County Juvenile Post Ajud Facility	Public, Alternative	7-11	86 Dyess	Denison	75020	Grayson County	Sherman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 786-6326	62	8	7.7	4.8%	20 (32.3%)	20 (32.3%)	21 (33.9%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,063							7.3	10.4	2261	8		484008008794
2270	Adapt	Public	6-12	7400 Lewis Ln	Manvel	77578	Brazoria County	Alvin Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(281) 245-2681	89	21	4.2	75.3%	14 (15.7%)	21 (23.6%)	51 (57.3%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$14,339							7.2	5.9	2326	56		480809022943

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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.