Best Middle Schools in Texas

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2026 vs 2025)					ID
Rank (of 2335)	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 (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Rank (2025)	Rank Change from 2025	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	ID
1991	Crane Middle	Public	6-8	302 W 10th St	Crane	79731	Crane County	Crane Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 558-1040	261	16	16.1	8.0%	29 (11.1%)	5 (1.9%)	222 (85.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$12,114							22.1	33.4	1606	385		481554001127
1992	Rudder Middle	Public	6-8	6558 Horn Blvd	San Antonio	78240	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 397-5000	961	76	12.6	77.1%	151 (15.7%)	66 (6.9%)	501 (52.1%)	157 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (8.8%)	$10,729							22.1	24	1911	81		483312005786
1993	Forest Oak Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	3221 Pecos St	Fort Worth	76119	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-8200	1,044	78	13.3	96.4%	48 (4.6%)	322 (30.8%)	619 (59.3%)	43 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.1%)	$15,239							22.1	21.3	1990	3		481970001861
1994	H F Stevens Middle	Public	6-8	940 N Crowley Rd	Crowley	76036	Tarrant County	Crowley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 297-5840	723	63	11.5	80.9%	33 (4.6%)	321 (44.4%)	323 (44.7%)	22 (3.0%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.6%)	$12,504							22.1	22.5	1956	38		481591001157
1995	Cpt Gabriel Navarrete Middle	Public	6-8	3501 Hayes	El Paso	79930	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(915) 236-6350	709	51	13.8	87.4%	48 (6.8%)	34 (4.8%)	591 (83.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.6%)	20 (2.8%)	$9,737							22.1	25.6	1878	117		481830010639
1996	Irons Middle	Public	6-8	5214 79th St	Lubbock	79424	Lubbock County	Lubbock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 219-4000	636	55	11.6	69.0%	154 (24.2%)	88 (13.8%)	360 (56.6%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.8%)	$8,771							22	17.3	2094	98		482850010899
1997	Zephyr School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	11625 C R 281	Zephyr	76890	Brown County	Zephyr Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 739-5331	220	22	10.1	52.7%	182 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	13 (5.9%)	$9,228							21.9	40.2	1392	605		484677005356
1998	Pine Valley Middle	Public	6-8	22784 Hwy 59 S	Porter	77365	Montgomery County	New Caney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 577-4300	741	52	14.1	76.8%	193 (26.0%)	38 (5.1%)	477 (64.4%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.1%)	$11,884							21.9	24.7	1899	99		483240012981
1999	Teague Middle	Public	6-8	21700 Rayford Rd	Humble	77338	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 233-4310	550	45	12.1	83.6%	13 (2.4%)	230 (41.8%)	290 (52.7%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.3%)	$10,264							21.9	26.9	1840	159		480771000087
2000	Mae Luster Stephens J H	Public	6-8	2913 Farm Rd 125 S	Linden	75563	Cass County	Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 756-5314	132	13	9.9	61.4%	90 (68.2%)	17 (12.9%)	12 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.1%)	$10,206							21.9	29	1768	232		482754003098

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