Best Middle Schools in Texas
The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Texas, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 60%.
| # | School | City | Enrollment | Proficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lone Star Online Academy | Roscoe, TX | 5,581 | 43% |
| 2 | Dean Leaman J H School | Fulshear, TX | 2,191 | 67% |
| 3 | Mccullough J H | The Woodlands, TX | 2,178 | 56% |
| 4 | Trinity Basin Preparatory | Dallas, TX | 2,089 | 36% |
| 5 | Smith Middle | Cypress, TX | 2,057 | 73% |
| 6 | Trinity Basin Preparatory | Fort Worth, TX | 2,016 | 36% |
| 7 | York J H | Spring, TX | 2,015 | 63% |
| 8 | Texas Online Preparatory Middle | Huntsville, TX | 1,941 | 38% |
| 9 | Mineral Wells El | Mineral Wells, TX | 1,915 | 35% |
| 10 | Briscoe J H | Richmond, TX | 1,914 | 61% |
| 11 | Adams J H | Fulshear, TX | 1,761 | 71% |
| 12 | Beckendorff J H | Katy, TX | 1,731 | 64% |
| 13 | Bill Hays Middle | Frisco, TX | 1,699 | 43% |
| 14 | Cleveland Middle | Cleveland, TX | 1,696 | 24% |
| 15 | Don Haskins PK-8 | El Paso, TX | 1,674 | 50% |
| 16 | James Bowie Middle | Richmond, TX | 1,639 | 45% |
| 17 | Reading J H | Richmond, TX | 1,588 | 63% |
| 18 | Pieper Ranch Middle | San Antonio, TX | 1,583 | 72% |
| 19 | Spillane Middle | Cypress, TX | 1,546 | 62% |
| 20 | Tays J H | Katy, TX | 1,508 | 70% |
| 21 | Florence W Stiles Middle | Leander, TX | 1,503 | 70% |
| 22 | Fort Settlement Middle | Sugar Land, TX | 1,498 | 70% |
| 23 | Bernal Middle | San Antonio, TX | 1,495 | 66% |
| 24 | Sartartia Middle | Sugar Land, TX | 1,440 | 67% |
| 25 | Lanier Middle | Houston, TX | 1,434 | 66% |
| 26 | Folks Middle | San Antonio, TX | 1,386 | 62% |
| 27 | Leo Adams Middle | Haslet, TX | 1,383 | 70% |
| 28 | Canyon Vista Middle | Austin, TX | 1,370 | 71% |
| 29 | Lopez Middle | San Antonio, TX | 1,361 | 63% |
| 30 | Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle | Leander, TX | 1,357 | 66% |
| 31 | Nyos - Magnolia Mccullough Campus | Austin, TX | 1,331 | 63% |
| 32 | Cedar Park Middle | Cedar Park, TX | 1,286 | 63% |
| 33 | Gorzycki Middle | Austin, TX | 1,286 | 67% |
| 34 | Ereckson Middle | Allen, TX | 1,256 | 68% |
| 35 | Kealing Middle | Austin, TX | 1,255 | 66% |
| 36 | Artie L Henry Middle | Cedar Park, TX | 1,254 | 66% |
| 37 | Murchison Middle | Austin, TX | 1,237 | 64% |
| 38 | Hillwood Middle | Fort Worth, TX | 1,228 | 63% |
| 39 | Mitchell Int | The Woodlands, TX | 1,213 | 67% |
| 40 | Lamar Middle | Austin, TX | 1,182 | 69% |
| 41 | Garland Mcmeans J H | Katy, TX | 1,169 | 67% |
| 42 | James Garland Walsh Middle | Round Rock, TX | 1,151 | 62% |
| 43 | Gene Pike Middle | Justin, TX | 1,150 | 68% |
| 44 | Creekwood Middle | Kingwood, TX | 1,149 | 65% |
| 45 | Woodcreek Middle | Houston, TX | 1,145 | 65% |
| 46 | League City Int | League City, TX | 1,118 | 72% |
| 47 | Trent Middle | Frisco, TX | 1,115 | 65% |
| 48 | Straus Middle | San Antonio, TX | 1,114 | 65% |
| 49 | Moore Mst Magnet School | Tyler, TX | 1,113 | 27% |
| 50 | Canyon Ridge Middle | Austin, TX | 1,104 | 74% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best middle school in Texas?
The largest middle school in Texas is Lone Star Online Academy in Roscoe with 5,581 students and a 43% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.
How many middle schools are in Texas?
This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Texas by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.
What does the proficiency rate measure?
Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.
Where does this data come from?
Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.