Summary:
There are two public middle schools serving grades 6-8 in the 77064 zip code of Houston, Texas: Cook Middle and Campbell Middle, both part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (ISD).
Cook Middle is the standout school in the area, consistently outperforming Campbell Middle across nearly all academic metrics. Cook ranks in the 57th percentile statewide (3 stars), while Campbell ranks in the 29th percentile (1 star). Cook also has a lower dropout rate (0.8% vs. 1.0%) and higher average proficiency in both reading (55.0% vs. 45.7%) and math (34.0% vs. 24.8%). Interestingly, Campbell receives more funding per student ($10,055 vs. $9,377) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (14.6 vs. 16.8), yet its academic outcomes are significantly lower, suggesting that the challenges of a higher poverty rate (85.59% vs. 67.64% free/reduced lunch) are not easily overcome by resources alone.
The most significant academic gap between the two schools is in mathematics, with Cook outperforming Campbell by nearly 11 percentage points in 8th-grade math. Both schools, however, show a remarkable strength in advanced coursework: Cook achieved a perfect 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I for two consecutive years, while Campbell posted an impressive 82.83%—both far exceeding the district (64.77%) and state (54.03%) averages. A concerning trend for both schools is the sharp decline in math proficiency from 6th to 8th grade, with Cook dropping 10.8 points and Campbell dropping 8.4 points, indicating that the middle school math curriculum becomes progressively more challenging for students in this zip code.
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