Summary:
In zip code 77625, there is one middle school, Kountze Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Kountze Independent School District (Isd) with 230 students.
Kountze Middle shows a positive ranking trend, improving from a 2-star rating to a 3-star rating over recent years. The school's standout strength is in 8th-grade mathematics, where 67.5% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, significantly outperforming the state average of 47.24%. Most notably, 100% of 8th-grade students taking Algebra I were proficient, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. However, reading proficiency is a consistent weakness across all grades, with 6th and 7th-grade scores falling 11-14 percentage points below state averages. The school also excels in 8th-grade Social Studies, outperforming the state by over 8 percentage points.
With a student-teacher ratio of 12.3 and spending of $13,535 per student, the school invests significant resources per pupil. The free/reduced lunch rate of 59.13% indicates a majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The school's dropout rate of 1.3% is less than half the district average of 2.9%. While overall performance places the school at the 51st percentile statewide, the exceptional results in 8th-grade math and Algebra I suggest a highly effective advanced math program, though 6th and 7th-grade math scores lag behind state averages, creating a notable performance gap within the school's own curriculum.
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