Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 75401

In zip code 75401 (Greenville, TX), there are two middle schools—Greenville Middle (grades 7-8) and Travis Intermediate (grades 5-6)—both part of the Greenville Independent School District (Isd), which ranks in the 9th percentile statewide and serves a highly economically disadvantaged community with free/reduced lunch rates above 83%.

Greenville Middle is the larger school with 771 students and stands out for offering Algebra I to 8th graders, where 44.94% of test-takers were proficient—a bright spot compared to critically low overall math scores (only 5.86% of 7th graders were proficient in math). It also reports a low dropout rate of 0.4%. In contrast, Travis Intermediate serves younger students but has a higher student-teacher ratio (14.8 vs. 14.2) and spends $1,257 more per student ($9,139 vs. $7,882), a disparity that may reflect resources for its Spanish-language STAAR testing program. However, 5th graders taking the reading test in Spanish scored only 5% proficient, compared to 38.51% in English, highlighting a significant challenge for English Language Learners.

Both schools significantly underperform state averages in nearly every subject, with reading being the strongest area (e.g., 41.01% of 8th graders at Greenville Middle were proficient in reading, versus 38.51% of 5th graders at Travis Intermediate). The district faces systemic challenges: low spending per student (well below the national average), stagnant or declining performance over three years, and poverty rates above 83%. While Greenville Middle shows a pocket of strength in advanced math, the overall picture is one of a district struggling to provide equitable education in a high-needs community.