Summary:
In zip code 77840, College Station, TX, there are two middle schools serving grades 6-8 or 7-8: A & M Consolidated Middle and Iltexas College Station Middle. Both schools have a 0% dropout rate and identical student-teacher ratios of 14.5:1, but they offer very different academic profiles and belong to different districts: College Station Independent School District (Isd) and International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas).
A & M Consolidated Middle is the larger school (681 students) and a standout for its exceptional Algebra I program, where 97.3% of students were proficient—far exceeding district and state averages. It also spends significantly more per student ($9,636) and holds a higher district ranking. However, Iltexas College Station Middle (382 students) is a rising star, having jumped from the 60th to the 72nd percentile in state ranking between school years, earning it a 4-star rating. Iltexas consistently beats its own district averages in subjects like 8th-grade Social Studies (46.32% vs. 25.64%) and shows strong performance in English I Reading and Science.
A critical weakness for both schools is 7th-grade math, where proficiency rates are alarmingly low: 11.73% at A & M Consolidated and 0% at Iltexas, both well below the state average of 29.41%. Despite similar socioeconomic profiles (about 45% free/reduced lunch), the schools have swapped state rankings recently, with Iltexas now outperforming A & M Consolidated overall. This suggests that higher spending per student does not guarantee better results in every area, and parents should weigh each school’s specific strengths—like A & M’s math program versus Iltexas’s broad district-beating performance—when making a choice.
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