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
1101	KIPP Nexus Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	4211 Watonga Blvd	Houston	77092	Harris County	KIPP Texas Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 230-0553	432	23	18.4	88.2%	6 (1.4%)	112 (25.9%)	304 (70.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$7,395							49.1	25.3	1877	776		480026413628
1102	KIPP 3d Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	500 Tidwell Dr	Houston	77022	Harris County	KIPP Texas Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 230-0566	513	19	26.3	95.9%	5 (1.0%)	32 (6.2%)	475 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,508							49	56.1	887	215		480026411229
1103	Maypearl Middle	Public	6-8	1025 W Fourth	Maypearl	76064	Ellis County	Maypearl Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 435-1015	265	19	13.9	31.7%	171 (64.5%)	4 (1.5%)	77 (29.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	$8,470							49	60.1	774	329		482958006884
1104	Antonio Gonzalez Middle	Public	6-8	5208 Santa Claudia Ln	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-7000	664	47	14.2	90.2%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	658 (99.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,013							49	55.4	911	193		484365009420
1105	Bondy Intermediate	Public	7-8	5101 Keith Ave	Pasadena	77505	Harris County	Pasadena Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 740-0430	933	67	14	66.8%	81 (8.7%)	57 (6.1%)	731 (78.3%)	53 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.0%)	$9,189							49	59.7	787	318		483432004691
1106	Memorial Middle	Public	6-8	3105 N Doolittle Rd	Edinburg	78539	Hidalgo County	Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 289-2470	1,045	84	12.5	90.9%	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1,040 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,833							49	39.9	1395	289		481818007350
1107	Savoy High School	Public	7-12	605 E Hayes	Savoy	75479	Fannin County	Savoy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 965-4024	128	14	8.8	53.1%	101 (78.9%)	1 (0.8%)	19 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	$17,822							49	57.6	837	270		483945004484
1108	Coach Wally Hartley Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	1014 N Stanton	El Paso	79902	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(915) 230-2000	1,256	80	15.6	76.4%	192 (15.3%)	123 (9.8%)	837 (66.6%)	18 (1.4%)	3 (0.2%)	23 (1.8%)	60 (4.8%)	$8,786							48.9	41.7	1347	239		481830010645
1109	Idea Mesquite Hills College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-9	11881 Dyer St	El Paso	79934	El Paso County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(915) 888-4700	352	24	14.8	71.0%	30 (8.5%)	23 (6.5%)	284 (80.7%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	$10,886							48.9	59.2	798	311		480021114267
1110	Lake Air Montessori School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4601 Cobbs Dr	Waco	76710	McLennan County	Waco Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 772-1910	734	55	13.4	68.1%	117 (15.9%)	89 (12.1%)	499 (68.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.7%)	$9,895							48.9	48.3	1125	15		484428005035

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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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