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ALEXANDER MIDDLE
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALEXANDER MIDDLE
ALEXANDER MIDDLE is a junior high of reasonably sized scale in PEARLAND, Texas, overseen by PEARLAND ISD, serveing 765 students in grades 5 through 6.
PEARLAND ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 20,862 students; ALEXANDER MIDDLE is among them.
Looking at the student body, ALEXANDER MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ALEXANDER MIDDLE has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ALEXANDER MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at ALEXANDER MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ALEXANDER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household income runs about $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ALEXANDER MIDDLE is one of 115 public schools in Brazoria County (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students).
PEARLAND H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ALEXANDER MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 806 students in 2018 compared to 765 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 49% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.
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