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Enrollment
933
Middle
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHANNELVIEW ISD·NCES 481359012711
Aguirre Junior High School
15726 WALLISVILLE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77049 · (281) 860-3300 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
760 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 311 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 336 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 31% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 33.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aguirre Junior High School
Aguirre Junior High School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre Junior High School this school | 933 | 81.5% | 39.3% |
| Hamilton Middle School HOUSTON | 911 | 79.9% | 48.6% |
| Elgin Middle School ELGIN | 839 | 80.7% | 29.0% |
| Elgin Intermediate School ELGIN | 863 | 82.7% | 16.7% |
| Garner Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 782 | 82.2% | 32.8% |
| Legacy Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,143 | 78.9% | 26.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aguirre Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #971 of 1,635 | #119 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #455 of 1,670 ▲ 579 | #55 of 219 ▲ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #779 of 1,670 ▲ 246 | #90 of 219 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #423 of 1,570 | #64 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #360 of 1,749 | #85 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,066 of 1,542 | #141 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #1,167 of 1,543 | #161 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #478 of 1,648 | #124 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #597 of 942 | #102 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
933
-118 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 933 | 58.9 | 15.8:1 | 81% (760) |
| 2023-24 | 932 | 61.3 | 15.2:1 | 80% (747) |
| 2022-23 | 975 | 69.9 | 13.9:1 | 76% (740) |
| 2020-21 | 1,051 | 60 | 17.5:1 | 78% (817) |
| 2017-18 | 1,048 | 58.3 | 18.0:1 | 77% (809) |
| 2015-16 | 987 | 52 | 19.0:1 | 78% (771) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aguirre Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,048 to 933); teachers up 1% (58.3 to 58.9).
About Aguirre Junior High School
Federal records list Aguirre Junior High School as a middle school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school's enrollment of 933 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students each.
Besides Aguirre Junior High School, CHANNELVIEW ISD runs 11 other schools. The district enrolls 9,335 students.
Federal enrollment data show Aguirre Junior High School is 80% Hispanic. The school is also 11% Black and 6% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Aguirre Junior High School, 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.8:1. That is higher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 11 points.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Aguirre Junior High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Aguirre Junior High School's results are within a point of predicted: 39.3% against 38.9%.
In Harris County (population about 4,838,303), the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
The closest public school, James B Havard Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles from Aguirre Junior High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Aguirre Junior High School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 933, an 11% decrease from 1,051 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.5 to 15.8 over 4 years.
The Aguirre Junior High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHANNELVIEW ISD
- Channelview High SchoolHigh · 2,917 students
- Alice Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- B H Hamblen Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- McGhee Elementary SchoolElementary · 770 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Harvey S Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- James B Havard Elementary School1.0 mi · 694
- North Shore Senior High1.1 mi · 4,284
- North Shore Middle School1.2 mi · 1,299
- McMullan Elementary School1.3 mi · 482
- Harvey S Brown Elementary School1.3 mi · 569
- B H Hamblen Elementary School1.3 mi · 886
Frequently asked questions
About Aguirre Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Aguirre Junior High School?
Aguirre Junior High School enrolls approximately 933 students in grades 06-08.
Is Aguirre Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Aguirre Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Aguirre Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Aguirre Junior High School is approximately 15.8:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Aguirre Junior High School?
Student demographics at Aguirre Junior High School are roughly 6% White, 80% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Aguirre Junior High School in?
Aguirre Junior High School is part of CHANNELVIEW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.