Summary:
There are two middle schools serving grades 6-8 in Houston’s 77051 zip code: Attucks Middle and Pro-Vision Middle, both facing significant challenges with nearly all students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
Attucks Middle, part of the Houston Independent School District (Isd), is the larger and higher-performing school in the area, though it still ranks in the bottom quarter of Texas middle schools. Its standout achievement is in Biology, where nearly 97% of students scored proficient, far exceeding state and district averages. However, this success is an outlier, as other subjects lag behind. The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 and per-student spending of $12,460, but it also has a high dropout rate of 8.6%, more than double the HISD average.
Pro-Vision Middle, a charter school under The Pro-Vision Academy, is much smaller and faces a crisis in foundational skills, ranking in the bottom 2% of Texas middle schools. In the most recent year, 0% of 6th and 8th graders were proficient in Social Studies, and math scores were similarly dire, with 0% of 6th graders proficient. Despite nearly identical per-student spending ($12,206) to Attucks, its student-teacher ratio is much higher at 20:1, and its academic outcomes are drastically lower. Interestingly, Pro-Vision has a much lower dropout rate (2.0%) than Attucks, suggesting different student dynamics or policies. The stark contrast between these two schools, despite similar economic challenges and funding, highlights that resource allocation and instructional approach, not just money, are critical to student success.
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