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
21	Seven Lakes J H	Public	6-8	6026 Katy Gaston Rd	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 234-2100	1,571	97	16.2	17.6%	420 (26.7%)	144 (9.2%)	310 (19.7%)	626 (39.8%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	64 (4.1%)	$7,858							97.9	98	21			482517012519
22	Rice Middle	Public	6-8	8500 Gifford Dr	Plano	75025	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-6000	872	52	16.8	10.7%	138 (15.8%)	40 (4.6%)	76 (8.7%)	571 (65.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.0%)	$7,414							97.6	97.7	26	4		483510008151
23	Beckendorff J H	Public	6-8	8200 Fry Rd	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-8800	1,674	96	17.3	22.6%	463 (27.7%)	104 (6.2%)	374 (22.3%)	640 (38.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	90 (5.4%)	$7,906							97.5	97.6	28	5		482517010763
24	Vandeventer Middle	Public	6-8	6075 Independence Pkwy	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4350	846	58	14.7	10.9%	187 (22.1%)	65 (7.7%)	63 (7.4%)	487 (57.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.7%)	$8,422							97.4	97.2	34	10		482001012858
25	Coppell Middle West	Public	6-8	2701 Ranch Trail	Dallas	75019	Dallas County	Coppell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(214) 496-8600	1,230	75	16.3		49 (4.0%)	44 (3.6%)	48 (3.9%)	1,063 (86.4%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.9%)	$7,998							97.3	97.4	32	7		481521006936
26	West Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	9201 Scenic Bluff Dr	Austin	78733	Travis County	Eanes Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 732-9240	886	69	12.8		508 (57.3%)	9 (1.0%)	122 (13.8%)	181 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (7.4%)	$10,211							97.3	98.3	17	9		481776006398
27	Wester Middle	Public	6-8	12293 Shepherds Hill Ln	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4800	918	61	15.1	11.9%	281 (30.6%)	81 (8.8%)	108 (11.8%)	390 (42.5%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (5.6%)	$8,286							97.3	96.9	44	17		482001009162
28	South Texas Independent School District (Isd) Preparatory Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	724 Sugar Rd	Edinburg	78539	Hidalgo County	South Texas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 381-5522	802	58	13.9	45.4%	44 (5.5%)	16 (2.0%)	643 (80.2%)	81 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.2%)	$14,099							97.2	97.2	36	8		483715012250
29	Briarmeadow Charter	Public	PK, KG-8	3601 Dunvale	Houston	77063	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 458-5500	591	35	16.9	42.8%	156 (26.4%)	71 (12.0%)	158 (26.7%)	174 (29.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.9%)	$8,609							97.2	98.8	9	20		482364008611
30	Mandarin Immersion Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	5445 W Alabama	Houston	77056	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(713) 295-5276	822	46	17.7	22.4%	94 (11.4%)	87 (10.6%)	149 (18.1%)	405 (49.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (10.5%)	$7,823							97.1	95.9	59	29		482364012659

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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.