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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ATTUCKS MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
392
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002392
Attucks Middle School
4330 BELLFORT BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77051 · (713) 732-3670 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
381 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 144 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 32% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 25.0% | 33.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Attucks Middle School
Attucks Middle School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attucks Middle School this school | 392 | 97.2% | 40.9% |
| Thomas Middle School HOUSTON | 391 | 98.0% | 30.8% |
| Fleming Middle School HOUSTON | 319 | 98.1% | 30.0% |
| Judge Louis A Bedford Jr Law Academy DALLAS | 509 | 97.4% | 37.0% |
| Forest Brook Middle School HOUSTON | 546 | 98.7% | 32.6% |
| KIPP Liberation College Preparatory HOUSTON | 405 | 93.8% | 28.8% |
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 Attucks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #898 of 1,635 | #105 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,018 of 1,670 ▼ 380 | #139 of 219 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,088 of 1,670 ▲ 152 | #140 of 219 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #527 of 1,570 | #80 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #1,275 of 1,749 | #195 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #286 of 1,542 | #36 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #888 of 1,543 | #116 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #62 of 1,648 | #22 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #354 of 942 | #65 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
392
-69 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 392 | 30.8 | 12.7:1 | 97% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 40.4 | 10.9:1 | 97% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 41.2 | 10.7:1 | 98% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 96% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 85% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 87% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 36% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 45 | 20.8:1 | 82% (765) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 38 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Attucks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (487 to 392); teachers up 6% (29 to 30.8).
About Attucks Middle School
Federal records list Attucks Middle School as a middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas. It had 392 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 39% below average.
Attucks Middle School is in HOUSTON ISD, a district with 176,727 students across 273 schools.
About 62% of the student body at Attucks Middle School is Black. Other groups include 34% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 19% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Attucks Middle School reports a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher, from 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Attucks Middle School, 97% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 27 points.
The model predicts 32.2% for a school in Texas with Attucks Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Attucks Middle School posts 40.9%.
Census data for Harris County show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Counting Attucks Middle School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Young Elementary School sits about 0.5 miles from Attucks Middle School. Attucks Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Attucks Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Attucks Middle School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Attucks Middle schools
One other US public school is named Attucks Middle. Attucks Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOLHOLLYWOOD, FL · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Young Elementary School0.5 mi · 334
- Worthing High School0.8 mi · 751
- Bastian Elementary School0.9 mi · 633
- Pro-Vision Middle School1.0 mi · 140
- The Pro-Vision Academy1.0 mi · 212
- Whidby Elementary School1.2 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Attucks Middle SchoolHow many students attend Attucks Middle School?
Attucks Middle School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Attucks Middle School serve?
Attucks Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Attucks Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Attucks Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Attucks Middle School?
At Attucks Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 34% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Attucks Middle School public or private?
Attucks Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.