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
2241	Tisd Child & Adolescent School	Public	7-12	1200 E Brin St	Terrell	75160	Kaufman County	Terrell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 551-8960	21	4	5.7	33.3%	13 (61.9%)	7 (33.3%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,049							9.3	3.9	2360	119		484245005604
2242	Bammel Middle	Public	6-8	16711 Ella Blvd	Houston	77090	Harris County	Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 891-7900	783	47	16.5	93.0%	4 (0.5%)	394 (50.3%)	357 (45.6%)	9 (1.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.8%)	$10,110							9.2	8.3	2293	51		484122009633
2243	Lewis Middle	Public	6-8	21255 W Hardy Rd	Houston	77073	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 209-8257	1,054	78	13.5	87.5%	10 (0.9%)	265 (25.1%)	759 (72.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.3%)	$9,307							9.2	9.1	2280	37		480771012198
2244	Lone Star Online Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	1101 W 7th St	Roscoe	79545	Nolan County	Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	Yes	No	(325) 766-3629	11,686				2,448 (20.9%)	2,561 (21.9%)	5,683 (48.6%)	295 (2.5%)	77 (0.7%)	37 (0.3%)	585 (5.0%)	$11,044							9.2	11.3	2247	3		483786014301
2245	Ralls Middle	Public	6-8	1107 10th St	Ralls	79357	Crosby County	Ralls Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 253-2500	90	9	9.6	78.9%	17 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$9,455							9	14.3	2175	70		483639006928
2246	Katherine Anne Porter School	Public, Charter	8-12	515 Fm 2325	Wimberley	78676	Hays County	Katherine Anne Porter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 648-3180	95	11	8.8	31.6%	69 (72.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	$10,852							9	42.4	1324	922		480013208279
2247	Decker Middle	Public	6-8	8104 Decker Ln	Austin	78724	Travis County	Manor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 278-4630	606	48	12.6	81.2%	31 (5.1%)	117 (19.3%)	411 (67.8%)	37 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$10,948							8.9	8.4	2292	45		482889011453
2248	Calvert School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1007 Hanna St	Calvert	77837	Robertson County	Calvert Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 364-2824	145	17	8.4	92.4%	10 (6.9%)	92 (63.4%)	37 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.4%)	$14,128							8.9	14.6	2170	78		481254000756
2249	Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	300 W Kiest Blvd	Dallas	75224	Dallas County	Faith Family Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 224-4110	2,670	132	20.1	99.4%	34 (1.3%)	549 (20.6%)	2,057 (77.0%)	4 (0.1%)	4 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (0.8%)	$9,196							8.8	10	2272	23		480010513356
2250	Hearne Jh/High School	Public	7-12	1201 W Brown St	Hearne	77859	Robertson County	Hearne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 279-2332	341	45	7.6	90.0%	20 (5.9%)	148 (43.4%)	162 (47.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$14,881							8.8	14	2182	68		482283002313

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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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