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
191	Reynolds Middle	Public	6-8	700 N Coleman St	Prosper	75078	Collin County	Prosper Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 219-2165	1,762	109	16.1		849 (48.2%)	136 (7.7%)	168 (9.5%)	478 (27.1%)	14 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	116 (6.6%)	$7,846							87.9	85.9	226	35		483600012465
192	Smithson Valley Middle	Public	6-8	6101 Fm 311	Spring Branch	78070	Comal County	Comal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 885-1200	880	49	17.9	15.3%	554 (63.0%)	15 (1.7%)	243 (27.6%)	16 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (5.6%)	$7,304							87.8	89.4	166	26		481473000966
193	Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy At A Maceo Smith	Public, Magnet	6-12	3030 Stag	Dallas	75241	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-2100	554	35	15.8	91.7%	12 (2.2%)	71 (12.8%)	455 (82.1%)	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$9,312							87.7	79.6	329	136		481623012569
194	Great Hearts Irving Upper	Public, Charter	6-12	3520 World Cup	Irving	75038	Dallas County	Great Hearts Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 725-0014	937	60	15.6	18.9%	288 (30.7%)	84 (9.0%)	198 (21.1%)	336 (35.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (2.8%)	$9,323							87.6	89.4	165	29		480144113888
195	Briarhill Middle	Public	6-8	2100 Briarhill Blvd	Highland Village	75077	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 713-5975	801	52	15.5	9.6%	554 (69.2%)	28 (3.5%)	131 (16.4%)	44 (5.5%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.9%)	$8,073							87.6	83.8	259	64		482730006977
196	Dowell Middle	Public	6-8	301 S E Rdg Rd	McKinney	75070	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 302-6700	995	71	14	22.4%	542 (54.5%)	101 (10.2%)	234 (23.5%)	64 (6.4%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	45 (4.5%)	$8,584							87.5	88.5	185	11		482985016952
197	River Valley Middle	Public	6-8	4750 Speegleville Rd	McGregor	76657	McLennan County	Midway Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(254) 761-5699	902	65	13.9	28.2%	562 (62.3%)	70 (7.8%)	189 (21.0%)	38 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (4.5%)	$8,704							87.5	89.4	168	29		483064022883
198	Knippa School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	100 Kessler St	Knippa	78870	Uvalde County	Knippa Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 934-2177	408	33	12.4	45.6%	143 (35.0%)	2 (0.5%)	253 (62.0%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$14,189							87.4	87	210	12		482580002911
199	Founders Classical Academy - Lewisville	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1010 Bellaire Blvd	Lewisville	75067	Denton County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	912	58	15.8	20.6%	351 (38.5%)	65 (7.1%)	201 (22.0%)	231 (25.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	60 (6.6%)	$9,143							87.4	91.3	131	68		480016312670
200	Boerne Middle South	Public	6-8	10 Cascade Caverns Rd	Boerne	78006	Kendall County	Boerne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 357-3300	909	51	17.9	18.0%	465 (51.2%)	14 (1.5%)	344 (37.8%)	52 (5.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.5%)	$6,847							87.4	88.7	181	19		481071008859

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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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