Blocker Middle

Summary:

Blocker Middle is a public middle school located in Texas City, Texas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 865 students. The school is part of the Texas City Independent School District, which is ranked 810 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Blocker Middle has a diverse student population, with 49.6% Hispanic, 24.39% White, and 21.16% African American students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by STAAR test scores, is generally below the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 41.04% of 7th-grade students and 43.87% of 8th-grade students were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to the state averages of 52.08% and 54.09%, respectively. Blocker Middle's performance is also lower than the nearby Bayside Intermediate, which had 64.52% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in STAAR Reading. Additionally, Blocker Middle has seen a fluctuating dropout rate, ranging from 0.0% in 2018-2019 to 1.3% in 2020-2021, which is higher than some of the nearby schools.

Blocker Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with its Hispanic students outperforming its White students on STAAR tests. The school's Gifted and Talented students also perform relatively stronger compared to other subgroups, suggesting the school may be providing effective programming and support for its high-achieving students. When compared to nearby schools, such as Bayside Intermediate and Eugene 'gene' Kranz J H, Blocker Middle generally performs below the academic and performance levels, indicating the need for the school and the Texas City Independent School District to closely examine the practices and strategies employed by higher-performing schools to identify areas for improvement.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1800 9th Ave N
       Texas City, TX  77591-6200


(409) 916-0700

District: Texas City Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1753rd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,875 Help


Students who attend Blocker Middle usually attend:

High:    Texas City High School

Feeder schools for Blocker Middle:

Elementary:    Heights Elementary
    Kohfeldt Elementary
    Manuel Guajardo Junior Elementary
    Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.8 Help
Number of students:  865

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
49.6%
White:
24.4%
African American:
21.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  80.1% Help


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Compare Details Blocker Middle ranks worse than 74.2% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.43. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Blocker Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd). Student population at Blocker Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (49.6%), White (24.4%), African American (21.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 80.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Blocker Middle is 17.8, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Blocker Middle is $10,875, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Blocker Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Blocker Middle 1753rd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Blocker Middle in the ranking list.)

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Texas City Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Texas City Independent School District (Isd) 810th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Blocker Middle

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Rank History for all students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.19 589th 1573 62.6%
2005 52.40 829th 1582 47.6%
2006 51.53 860th 1585 45.7%
2007 35.77 1259th 1684 25.2%
2008 44.93 1124th 1718 34.6%
2009 46.57 1114th 1763 36.8%
2010 41.09 1314th 1803 27.1%
2011 44.03 1298th 1895 31.5%
2012 39.34 1287th 1951 34.0%
2013 31.79 1520th 1973 23.0%
2014 26.84 1589th 1987 20.0%
2015 39.42 1356th 2043 33.6%
2016 51.04 1034th 1987 48.0%
2017 38.45 1236th 2027 39.0%
2018 44.50 1097th 2080 47.3%
2019 45.83 1122nd 2193 48.8%
2021 37.96 1352nd 2252 40.0%
2022 31.93 1565th 2254 30.6%
2023 24.39 1856th 2330 20.3%
2024 29.43 1753rd 2361 25.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.64 642nd 720 10.8%
2019 40.24 457th 753 39.3%
2021 37.96 463rd 743 37.7%
2022 36.37 552nd 813 32.1%
2023 34.17 572nd 817 30.0%
2024 13.16 775th 812 4.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.34 872nd 1376 36.6%
2019 42.21 774th 1445 46.4%
2021 39.60 926th 1592 41.8%
2022 28.94 1309th 1643 20.3%
2023 21.96 1509th 1720 12.3%
2024 31.87 1272nd 1760 27.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.71 810th 1597 49.3%
2019 34.88 1082nd 1626 33.5%
2021 34.43 1138th 1712 33.5%
2022 49.58 663rd 1757 62.3%
2023 42.69 911th 1815 49.8%
2024 39.73 1152nd 1881 38.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.23 1021st 2039 49.9%
2019 45.69 1090th 2073 47.4%
2021 43.81 1177th 2172 45.8%
2022 36.17 1482nd 2220 33.2%
2023 27.57 1794th 2251 20.3%
2024 30.35 1692nd 2224 23.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.47 1032nd 2008 48.6%
2019 42.47 1166th 2047 43.0%
2021 36.74 1358th 2151 36.9%
2022 31.35 1586th 2221 28.6%
2023 21.51 1889th 2241 15.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.59 590th 1430 58.7%
2019 59.27 693rd 1446 52.1%
2021 71.14 431st 1501 71.3%
2022 64.13 567th 1488 61.9%
2023 52.89 890th 1481 39.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.14 538th 2008 73.2%
2019 59.28 572nd 2058 72.2%
2021 42.43 1123rd 2118 47.0%
2022 30.18 1681st 2182 23.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.68 1136th 2030 44.0%
2019 47.55 965th 2069 53.4%
2021 39.89 1254th 2168 42.2%
2022 31.36 1598th 2228 28.3%
2023 27.34 1723rd 2245 23.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.49 715th 1167 38.7%
2019 33.51 816th 1193 31.6%
2021 31.75 876th 1213 27.8%
2022 26.25 1027th 1251 17.9%
2023 21.73 1095th 1273 14.0%
2024 25.42 1054th 1271 17.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.52 839th 1895 55.7%
2019 55.66 711th 1935 63.3%
2021 46.85 1003rd 2043 50.9%
2022 41.22 1196th 2077 42.4%
2023 28.20 1648th 2116 22.1%
2024 27.53 1673rd 2108 20.6%
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Rank History for White students at Blocker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.07 839th 1673 49.9%
2019 43.81 958th 1684 43.1%
2021 34.89 1209th 1700 28.9%
2022 28.49 1367th 1723 20.7%
2023 24.84 1460th 1749 16.5%
2024 39.76 1091st 1724 36.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for Blocker Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 511 116 16 168 n/a n/a n/a 0 811
1989 570 149 13 180 0 n/a n/a 0 912
1990 599 148 18 200 0 n/a n/a 0 965
1991 562 164 12 219 1 n/a n/a 0 958
1992 572 148 10 222 2 n/a n/a 0 954
1993 620 174 13 191 2 n/a n/a 0 1000
1994 586 178 9 227 3 n/a n/a 0 1003
1995 577 146 7 230 3 n/a n/a 0 963
1996 577 146 7 230 3 n/a n/a 0 963
1997 509 171 10 235 2 n/a n/a 0 927
1998 494 163 6 222 0 n/a n/a 0 885
1999 508 149 5 221 2 n/a n/a 0 885
2000 488 161 6 234 2 n/a n/a 0 891
2001 480 147 7 235 1 n/a n/a 0 870
2002 479 177 6 241 2 n/a n/a 0 905
2003 479 177 6 241 2 n/a n/a 0 905
2004 481 191 3 277 1 n/a n/a 0 953
2005 468 191 4 306 4 n/a n/a 0 973
2006 440 201 6 323 5 n/a n/a 0 975
2007 394 192 4 306 2 n/a n/a 0 898
2008 358 169 3 299 2 n/a n/a 0 831
2009 344 171 4 349 2 n/a n/a 0 870
2010 343 180 5 336 3 n/a n/a 0 867
2011 352 178 4 339 8 2 2 0 885
2012 332 164 6 369 6 1 1 0 879
2013 323 174 6 398 5 2 6 0 914
2014 317 216 2 358 7 4 8 0 912
2015 315 221 3 359 5 2 6 0 911
2016 321 220 6 383 5 2 8 0 945
2017 301 209 4 393 10 1 12 0 930
2018 304 198 4 369 19 0 11 0 905
2019 272 185 8 387 24 1 20 0 897
2020 292 191 9 416 13 1 27 0 949
2021 262 193 6 405 12 0 18 0 896
2022 214 198 3 443 0 0 35 0 893
2023 211 183 3 429 0 0 39 0 865

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Blocker Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 811 58.0 13.9 n/a
1989 912 n/a n/a n/a
1990 965 62.0 15.5 n/a
1991 958 61.7 15.5 n/a
1992 954 72.1 13.2 19.9
1993 1000 63.0 15.9 27.8
1994 1003 62.2 16.1 36.3
1995 963 63.9 15.1 5.9
1996 963 63.9 15.1 5.9
1997 927 59.0 15.7 30.6
1998 885 62.5 14.2 34.9
1999 885 62.8 14.1 38.4
2000 891 61.4 14.5 40.1
2001 870 60.3 14.4 42.8
2002 905 58.6 15.4 47.2
2003 905 58.6 15.4 47.2
2004 953 59.3 16.1 50.7
2005 973 59.7 16.3 56.2
2006 975 59.6 16.4 55.8
2007 898 60.1 14.9 56.9
2008 831 61.7 13.5 55.7
2009 870 62.0 14.0 62.3
2010 867 65.0 13.3 60.6
2011 885 60.9 14.5 64.5
2012 879 54.7 16.0 65.2
2013 914 57.5 15.8 69.5
2014 912 58.7 15.5 68.8
2015 911 60.0 15.1 65
2016 945 61.0 15.4 65.3
2017 930 62.9 14.7 65.4
2018 905 62.4 14.4 64.3
2019 897 60.4 14.8 68.5
2020 949 59.6 15.9 72.3
2021 896 57.1 15.6 83.4
2022 893 49.6 17.9 79.7
2023 865 48.4 17.8 80.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Blocker Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 811 58.0 13.9 n/a
1989 912 n/a n/a n/a
1990 965 62.0 15.5 n/a
1991 958 61.7 15.5 n/a
1992 954 72.1 13.2 19.9
1993 1000 63.0 15.9 27.8
1994 1003 62.2 16.1 36.3
1995 963 63.9 15.1 5.9
1996 963 63.9 15.1 5.9
1997 927 59.0 15.7 30.6
1998 885 62.5 14.2 34.9
1999 885 62.8 14.1 38.4
2000 891 61.4 14.5 40.1
2001 870 60.3 14.4 42.8
2002 905 58.6 15.4 47.2
2003 905 58.6 15.4 47.2
2004 953 59.3 16.1 50.7
2005 973 59.7 16.3 56.2
2006 975 59.6 16.4 55.8
2007 898 60.1 14.9 56.9
2008 831 61.7 13.5 55.7
2009 870 62.0 14.0 62.3
2010 867 65.0 13.3 60.6
2011 885 60.9 14.5 64.5
2012 879 54.7 16.0 65.2
2013 914 57.5 15.8 69.5
2014 912 58.7 15.5 68.8
2015 911 60.0 15.1 65
2016 945 61.0 15.4 65.3
2017 930 62.9 14.7 65.4
2018 905 62.4 14.4 64.3
2019 897 60.4 14.8 68.5
2020 949 59.6 15.9 72.3
2021 896 57.1 15.6 83.4
2022 893 49.6 17.9 79.7
2023 865 48.4 17.8 80.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Blocker Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,189 (11.5%) $9,174 (88.5%) $10,363
2020 $931 (9.0%) $9,453 (91.0%) $10,384
2021 $1,191 (11.0%) $9,683 (89.0%) $10,875

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Blocker Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1122nd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1856th of 2330 Middle schools
 28.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Blocker Middle)4237
 5%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))3432
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Blocker Middle)3014
 16%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))2414
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Blocker Middle)4740
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))4234
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Blocker Middle)6631
 35%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))5627
 29%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Blocker Middle)4428
 16%
   8th Grade Science (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))3525
 10%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Blocker Middle)2717
 10%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))2214
 8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Blocker Middle)9898
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))4431
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students897865
 3.6%
African American185183
 1.1%
American Indian240
 100%
Asian83
 62.5%
Hispanic387429
 10.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White272211
 22.4%
Two or More Races2039
 95%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.5%80.1%
 11.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 865 students attended Blocker Middle.

Blocker Middle ranks 1753rd of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Blocker Middle are 50% Hispanic, 24% White, 21% African American, 5% Two or more races.

Students who attend Blocker Middle usually go on to attend Texas City High School


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