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
2141	Thomas Middle	Public	6-8	5655 Selinsky Rd	Houston	77048	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 732-3500	391	32	12.1	98.0%	6 (1.5%)	240 (61.4%)	139 (35.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	$15,686							15.5	15.3	2153	12		482364002598
2142	Ricardo L Trevino J H	Public	6-8	1150 Gregory St	Taft	78390	San Patricio County	Taft Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 528-2636	173	15	11.5	86.7%	16 (9.2%)	1 (0.6%)	155 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,004							15.5	16.7	2109	33		484206004792
2143	Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle	Public	6-8	1678 Chenault	Dallas	75228	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 925-2400	740	49	15.1	96.1%	24 (3.2%)	237 (32.0%)	457 (61.8%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	$12,534							15.5	17.7	2089	54		481623010562
2144	Greenville Middle	Public	7-8	3611 Texas	Greenville	75401	Hunt County	Greenville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 457-2620	771	54	14.2	85.3%	191 (24.8%)	136 (17.6%)	400 (51.9%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	35 (4.5%)	$8,239							15.4	11.9	2231	87		482172006421
2145	Priddy School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1375 Sh 16 N	Priddy	76870	Mills County	Priddy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 966-3323	119	15	7.7	36.1%	97 (81.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$16,689							15.4	55.9	892	1253		483582004057
2146	Alan B Shepard Middle	Public	6-8	5558 Ray Ellison Dr	San Antonio	78242	Bexar County	South San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 623-1875	447	35	12.8	97.3%	18 (4.0%)	8 (1.8%)	408 (91.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.3%)	$11,578							15.4	17.6	2095	51		484068004605
2147	Eastern Hills Middle	Public	6-8	300 Indian Trl	Harker Heights	76548	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 336-1100	585	37	15.6	77.3%	104 (17.8%)	173 (29.6%)	223 (38.1%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.7%)	14 (2.4%)	61 (10.4%)	$11,905							15.2	19.8	2043	104		482566006433
2148	Legacy Traditional- Basse Secondary	Public, Charter	6-12	1826 Basse Rd	San Antonio	78213	Bexar County	Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 431-9881	164	10	16.5	64.0%	7 (4.3%)	24 (14.6%)	130 (79.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$14,734							15.1	12.4	2216	68		480006212237
2149	Christa McAuliffe Middle	Public	6-8	16650 S Post Oak	Houston	77053	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 634-3360	806	60	13.3	91.1%	10 (1.2%)	314 (39.0%)	456 (56.6%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.1%)	$11,839							15	16.2	2122	27		481965007282
2150	Gold Burg School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	468 Prater Rd	Bowie	76230	Montague County	Gold Burg Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 872-3562	148	14	10.2	57.4%	96 (64.9%)	4 (2.7%)	40 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$12,711							15	41.2	1364	786		482097002091

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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.