Lanier Middle
Houston, TX · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Lanier Middle is a middle school in Houston, TX with 1,434 students enrolled and a 66% proficiency rate. Part of Houston Isd. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Lanier Middle is a middle school located in Houston, Texas. The school serves 1,434 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lanier Middle is part of the Houston Isd in Texas.
How This School Compares
Lanier Middle has 1,434 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Houston Isd (696 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 30 percentage points above the district average of 36%. Compared to the Texas state average of 44%, the school performs 22 points higher. The 20.2:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lanier Middle has 1,434 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Lanier Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Lanier Middle is part of the Houston Isd in Houston, Texas. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.