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ANTHONY MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ANTHONY MIDDLE
As a roomy middle-grades school in CYRESS, Texas, ANTHONY MIDDLE enrolls 1,442 students from grades 6 through 8, part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ANTHONY MIDDLE sits 124% above that benchmark.
Within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which oversees 92 schools and 117,927 students, ANTHONY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, ANTHONY MIDDLE shows that 30% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 21% White, 20% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ANTHONY MIDDLE has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at ANTHONY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, ANTHONY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.3%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ANTHONY MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is RENNELL EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANTHONY MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.1%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,471 students in 2018 compared to 1,442 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 39% to 30%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.
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