Summary:
In zip code 77029, there is one middle school, Holland Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 with 476 students as part of the Houston Independent School District (Isd).
Holland Middle presents a mixed picture of performance. The school has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years, ranking in the bottom quarter of Texas middle schools, though its state percentile has slowly improved from the 15th to the 23rd percentile. A standout strength is Algebra I: in the 2024-2025 school year, 88.89% of students taking the End-of-Course exam were proficient, far exceeding the district (50.52%) and state (47.01%) averages. However, this contrasts sharply with grade-level math, where only about 20% of 6th and 7th graders are proficient. Reading proficiency is a persistent challenge, with 8th-grade reading at just 30.92%, nearly half the state average of 58.69%. Social studies is a major weakness, with only 14.29% of 8th graders proficient, less than half the district average.
The school serves a student body where 97.69% are economically disadvantaged, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Per-student spending was $10,491 in 2020-2021. A concerning metric is the dropout rate of 4.2% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is slightly higher than the district average of 3.8% and unusually high for a middle school. While the school shows a bright spot in advanced math, the overall low proficiency in reading, social studies, and grade-level math, combined with the high dropout rate, indicate significant areas needing improvement.
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