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
1611	La Academia De Estrellas Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	4680 W Kiest Blvd	Dallas	75236	Dallas County	La Academia De Estrellas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 946-8908	297	27	11	85.5%	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	294 (99.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,028							33.2	36	1537	74		480027014069
1612	Ricardo Estrada Middle	Public	6-8	851 S Darrington Rd	El Paso	79928	El Paso County	Clint Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 926-4800	592	36	16.2	88.7%	16 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	571 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,167							33.2	24.2	1908	296		481443011488
1613	Briesemeister Middle	Public	6-8	1616 W Court St	Seguin	78155	Guadalupe County	Seguin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 401-8711	798	47	16.8	75.1%	170 (21.3%)	35 (4.4%)	573 (71.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.4%)	$12,337							33.2	28	1795	182		483969021272
1614	Trinidad School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	105 W Eaton	Trinidad	75163	Henderson County	Trinidad Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 778-2673	173	16	10.6	80.9%	92 (53.2%)	15 (8.7%)	43 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (13.3%)	$16,322							33.2	17.3	2099	485		484317004904
1615	Domingo Trevino Middle	Public	6-8	301 S Inspiration Rd	Alton	78573	Hidalgo County	La Joya Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-2810	531	44	11.9	97.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	531 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,797							33.2	47.9	1142	473		482613012498
1616	Uplift Williams Prep Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1750 Viceroy Dr	Dallas	75235	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 276-0352	532	35	15.3	89.5%	11 (2.1%)	8 (1.5%)	507 (95.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$8,602							33.1	32.1	1673	57		480003012035
1617	Idea Southeast College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-9	2935 E Seminary Dr	Fort Worth	76119	Tarrant County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 885-4250	475	24	20.1	91.4%	14 (2.9%)	93 (19.6%)	356 (74.9%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$11,404							33.1	30.7	1717	100		480021114268
1618	Jones Middle	Public	6-8	1256 Pinn Rd	San Antonio	78227	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 397-2100	1,035	77	13.3	77.2%	107 (10.3%)	41 (4.0%)	853 (82.4%)	18 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.5%)	$10,780							33.1	33.9	1612	6		483312003688
1619	South Houston Intermediate	Public	7-8	900 College Ave	South Houston	77587	Harris County	Pasadena Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 740-0490	509	48	10.6	91.4%	20 (3.9%)	49 (9.6%)	433 (85.1%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$12,920							33.1	32.7	1650	31		483432003850
1620	St Anthony School	Public, Charter	6-8	3732 Myrtle St	Dallas	75215	Dallas County	St Anthony School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 421-3645	116	7	16.4	87.9%	0 (0.0%)	114 (98.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,224							33.1	50.9	1029	591		480024811778

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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.