Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 77024

There are two middle schools in zip code 77024, Memorial Middle and Spring Branch Middle, both part of the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd), serving grades 6-8 in a suburban Houston area.

Memorial Middle is the standout school, consistently ranking in the top 2% of Texas middle schools with a 5-star rating, while Spring Branch Middle is a solid, above-average school with a 4-star rating. The academic performance gap is significant: Memorial Middle has 86.5% of students proficient in reading versus 72.9% at Spring Branch Middle, and 73.5% proficient in math versus 55.8%. However, both schools achieve near-perfect scores in Algebra I (98.7% and 99.5% proficient), showing that advanced students at both schools are exceptionally well-prepared. A shared challenge is the "7th grade math cliff," where proficiency drops dramatically from 6th to 7th grade at both schools, suggesting the curriculum is a hurdle for many students.

Interestingly, Spring Branch Middle spends $711 more per student ($9,682 vs. $8,971) than the higher-performing Memorial Middle, indicating the district is allocating more resources to the school with greater challenges. Despite this, Spring Branch Middle is showing strong momentum, improving its state ranking from the 84th to the 90th percentile over three years. Both schools have very low dropout rates (0.1% and 0.5%), well below the district average of 2.0%, reflecting a strong commitment to student retention in this area.