ALDINE MIDDLE

ALDINE MIDDLE operates as a medium-sized junior high in HOUSTON, Texas, part of ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 842 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 76 schools in ALDINE ISD (56,419 students total), ALDINE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ALDINE MIDDLE records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 20% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ALDINE MIDDLE reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ALDINE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ALDINE MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: LANE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALDINE MIDDLE at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 911 students in 2018 compared to 842 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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