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Enrollment
1,424
Middle
DISTRICT 1,305 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611008602
Aragon Middle School
16823 W RD, HOUSTON, TX 77095 · (281) 856-5100 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
776 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 451 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 516 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 457 | 32% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 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 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Aragon Middle School
Aragon Middle School's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aragon Middle School this school | 1,424 | 54.5% | 57.7% |
| Ulrich Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,178 | 57.3% | 52.7% |
| Kleb Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,232 | 51.9% | 53.3% |
| Strack Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,237 | 50.6% | 53.6% |
| Schindewolf Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,087 | 54.9% | 50.7% |
| Irons Junior High School CONROE | 1,242 | 48.9% | 55.0% |
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 Aragon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #288 of 1,635 | #38 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #459 of 1,670 ▼ 27 | #56 of 219 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #366 of 1,670 ▲ 18 | #45 of 219 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #582 of 1,570 | #88 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,424 | #41 of 1,749 | #10 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,335 of 1,542 | #175 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #172 of 1,543 | #23 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #1,054 of 1,648 | #175 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #591 of 942 | #100 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
1,424
-189 (-12%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,651
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,424 | 82.9 | 17.2:1 | 54% (776) |
| 2023-24 | 1,480 | 89.9 | 16.5:1 | 51% (754) |
| 2022-23 | 1,534 | 94.1 | 16.3:1 | 47% (726) |
| 2020-21 | 1,613 | 90 | 17.9:1 | 44% (705) |
| 2017-18 | 1,603 | 85.6 | 18.7:1 | 38% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 1,506 | 80 | 18.8:1 | 30% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 1,651 | 89 | 18.6:1 | 25% (405) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aragon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,603 to 1,424); teachers down 3% (85.6 to 82.9).
About Aragon Middle School
A high-enrollment middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, Aragon Middle School is part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,424 students. That puts enrollment 121% bigger than the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
The CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD system has 92 schools and 117,927 students.
Hispanic students account for 46% of enrollment at Aragon Middle School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 24% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Aragon Middle School scores 70%.
Aragon Middle School has 82.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The school has 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
In Texas, Aragon Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 57.7% actual against a predicted 50.4%.
Census data for Harris County show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Aragon Middle School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Birkes Elementary School is the nearest public school to Aragon Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Aragon Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Aragon Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,424, compared with 1,613 in 2020-21.
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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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 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
- Birkes Elementary School0.1 mi · 1,040
- Copeland Elementary School1.3 mi · 951
- Fiest Elementary School1.3 mi · 856
- Holmsley Elementary School1.4 mi · 785
- Lowery Elementary School1.4 mi · 660
- Labay Middle School1.5 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About Aragon Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Aragon Middle School?
Aragon Middle School enrolls approximately 1,424 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Aragon Middle School serve?
Aragon Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Aragon Middle School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Aragon Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Aragon Middle School?
Student demographics at Aragon Middle School are roughly 24% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Aragon Middle School?
Aragon Middle School is overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.