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
1891	Lytle J H	Public	6-8	18975 W Fm 2790 S	Lytle	78052	Medina County	Lytle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 709-5115	420	30	14	70.5%	62 (14.8%)	2 (0.5%)	348 (82.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$9,307							25	25.2	1882	9		482865005544
1892	Travis Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Finley Rd	Irving	75062	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-0100	936	58	16.1	85.6%	73 (7.8%)	86 (9.2%)	741 (79.2%)	19 (2.0%)	11 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	$9,237							25	32.7	1654	238		482442002739
1893	La Villa Middle	Public	6-8	500 E 9th St	La Villa	78562	Hidalgo County	La Villa Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 262-4760	106	14	7.3	93.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,908							24.9	32.4	1658	235		482634021358
1894	Uplift Hampton Prep Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	8915 S Hampton Rd	Dallas	75237	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 421-1982	510	27	19.1	83.5%	0 (0.0%)	301 (59.0%)	181 (35.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.1%)	$9,210							24.9	31.6	1689	205		480003012188
1895	McCamey Middle	Public	5-8	200 E 11th St	McCamey	79752	Upton County	McCamey Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 652-4211	143	10	13.7	45.5%	29 (20.3%)	3 (2.1%)	106 (74.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)	$8,638							24.8	26.2	1856	39		482970003347
1896	Frost Secondary	Public	7-12	208 N Wyrick	Frost	76641	Navarro County	Frost Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 998-7201	215	22	9.9	48.8%	110 (51.2%)	10 (4.7%)	90 (41.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$14,508							24.8	14.8	2165	269		482004001959
1897	Crockett Middle	Public	6-8	1801 Missouri St	Pecos	79772	Reeves County	Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 447-7461	621	52	12	63.4%	40 (6.4%)	2 (0.3%)	564 (90.8%)	14 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,557							24.8	28.9	1775	122		483455003877
1898	Winters J H	Public	7-8	705 Rogers St	Winters	79567	Runnels County	Winters Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 754-5518	74	9	8	54.1%	27 (36.5%)	1 (1.4%)	45 (60.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,466							24.7	45.7	1216	682		484626021472
1899	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							24.7	34.5	1586	313		483240012981
1900	Austin Middle	Public	6-8	825 E Union Bower Rd	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-3100	716	50	14.4	90.6%	32 (4.5%)	20 (2.8%)	645 (90.1%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$9,944							24.6	22.8	1961	61		482442002737

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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.
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