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
591	Calallen Middle	Public	6-8	4602 Cornett	Corpus Christi	78410	Nueces County	Calallen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 242-5672	858	63	13.5	48.1%	259 (30.2%)	13 (1.5%)	570 (66.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	$9,670							67.3	61.1	758	167		481242000735
592	Ssg Manuel R Puentes	Public	6-8	3216 Tim Foster	El Paso	79938	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-9200	1,031	61	16.9	62.3%	87 (8.4%)	47 (4.6%)	866 (84.0%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	16 (1.6%)	$8,255							67.2	64.4	667	75		484071012872
593	Bynum School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	704 Toliver Ave	Bynum	76631	Hill County	Bynum Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 531-2341	187	19	9.7	46.5%	106 (56.7%)	7 (3.7%)	65 (34.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$12,497							67.2	55.4	909	316		481236000730
594	Penelope School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	309 Ave D	Penelope	76676	Hill County	Penelope Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 533-2215	216	18	11.8	50.5%	128 (59.3%)	6 (2.8%)	78 (36.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$12,186							67.1	54.8	928	334		483456003885
595	Danbury Middle	Public	6-8	5611 Panther Dr	Danbury	77534	Brazoria County	Danbury Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 922-1226	157	11	14.3	28.0%	112 (71.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$13,056							67.1	72.3	489	106		481629005691
596	Bradley Middle	Public	6-8	14819 Heimer Rd	San Antonio	78232	Bexar County	North East Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 356-2600	1,148	62	18.4	40.6%	320 (27.9%)	54 (4.7%)	716 (62.4%)	13 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (3.8%)	$8,441							67.1	65.7	645	49		483294005783
597	Valley View J H	Public	7-8	9601 S Jackson Rd	Pharr	78577	Hidalgo County	Valley View Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 340-1300	516	36	14.1	93.2%	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	514 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,827							67	52.1	999	402		484380012094
598	Montgomery J H	Public	6-8	19000 Stewart Creek Rd	Montgomery	77356	Montgomery County	Montgomery Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 276-3300	1,083	66	16.3	29.6%	803 (74.1%)	46 (4.2%)	187 (17.3%)	8 (0.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.2%)	$7,907							67	70.5	530	68		483126003514
599	Leon Taylor Middle	Public	6-8	2739 Mustang Dr	Ingleside	78362	San Patricio County	Ingleside Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(361) 776-2232	458	28	16.3	68.3%	216 (47.2%)	7 (1.5%)	224 (48.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$8,257							67	61.5	746	147		482418022904
600	Alief Montessori Community School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	12013 6th St	Houston	77072	Harris County	Alief Montessori Community School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 530-9406	367	19	19.6	78.5%	18 (4.9%)	48 (13.1%)	139 (37.9%)	140 (38.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.7%)	$6,585							66.8	79.3	339	261		480003507914

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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.