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
1651	Lorenzo De Zavala Middle	Public	6-8	603 N Tabasco St	La Joya	78560	Hidalgo County	La Joya Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-2770	545	43	12.7	91.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	543 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,310							32.3	46.4	1193	458		482613002938
1652	Sealy J H	Public	6-8	939 Tiger Ln	Sealy	77474	Austin County	Sealy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 885-3292	664	46	14.3	66.0%	209 (31.5%)	44 (6.6%)	376 (56.6%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.1%)	$6,996							32.2	30.5	1726	74		483963004503
1653	Port Isabel J H	Public	6-8	17001 Hwy 100	Port Isabel	78578	Cameron County	Point Isabel Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 943-0060	396	32	12.2	84.3%	25 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	367 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$14,450							32.2	38.5	1452	201		483525003990
1654	Lady Bird Johnson Middle	Public	6-8	3601 W Pioneer	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-5000	813	53	15.4	86.6%	53 (6.5%)	127 (15.6%)	580 (71.3%)	25 (3.1%)	24 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	$9,891							32.2	29.8	1753	99		482442010598
1655	Waelder School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	201 Us Hwy 90 W	Waelder	78959	Gonzales County	Waelder Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 239-5602	302	32	9.5	90.1%	23 (7.6%)	15 (5.0%)	259 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$10,994							32.2	13.1	2204	549		484431005063
1656	Lorenzo De Zavala Middle	Public	6-8	707 W Pioneer Rd	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-6000	832	55	15.1	81.6%	60 (7.2%)	28 (3.4%)	713 (85.7%)	13 (1.6%)	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$9,254							32.2	38.5	1453	203		482442009202
1657	Ouida Baley Middle	Public	6-8	1310 E Hwy 66	Royse City	75189	Collin County	Royse City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 636-9544	1,224	69	17.8	45.9%	496 (40.5%)	210 (17.2%)	440 (35.9%)	24 (2.0%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	45 (3.7%)	$8,537							32.2	33.1	1637	20		483822006471
1658	Nimitz Middle	Public	6-8	4900 Maple Ave	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 456-0469	1,310	66	19.9	67.6%	224 (17.1%)	78 (6.0%)	963 (73.5%)	24 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.4%)	$7,823							32.1	34.3	1598	60		481800001586
1659	Lakeview Middle	Public	6-8	4300 Keys Dr	The Colony	75056	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 713-5974	395	37	10.7	52.4%	116 (29.4%)	50 (12.7%)	169 (42.8%)	23 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (8.9%)	$12,848							32.1	37.4	1495	164		482730006745
1660	Stephen F Austin	Public	7-8	800 S Coulter Dr	Bryan	77803	Brazos County	Bryan Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 209-6700	1,177	81	14.5	73.8%	246 (20.9%)	230 (19.5%)	659 (56.0%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (2.9%)	$10,705							32.1	29.4	1763	103		481179021133

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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.