Enrollment
325
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002574
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk
2805 GARROW ST, HOUSTON, TX 77003 · (713) 226-4543 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
245 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 116 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 25% |
Student demographics
22%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 38.0% | 22.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 34.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk this school | 325 | 75.4% | 49.9% |
| IDEA Mesquite Hills College Preparatory EL PASO | 352 | 71.0% | 44.0% |
| Bob Hope School PORT ARTHUR | 473 | 74.6% | 56.4% |
| Carrizo Springs Junior High School CARRIZO SPRINGS | 277 | 74.7% | 41.5% |
| Charles Middle School EL PASO | 372 | 82.0% | 41.6% |
| Lyford Middle School LYFORD | 299 | 73.2% | 23.6% |
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 Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #507 of 1,635 | #57 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #438 of 1,670 ▲ 131 | #51 of 219 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #304 of 1,670 ▲ 61 | #33 of 219 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.5pp | #181 of 1,570 | #26 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,359 of 1,749 | #206 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #344 of 1,542 | #46 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,284 of 1,543 | #182 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #611 of 1,648 | #140 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #454 of 942 | #81 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
325
-103 (-24%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 75% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 76% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 71% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 29.4 | 13.2:1 | 87% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 91% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 55% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 95% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (388 to 325); teachers down 15% (29.4 to 25).
About Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk
Families in HOUSTON, Texas, are served by Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 325 students. The school's enrollment is 49% smaller than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
HOUSTON ISD has 273 schools and 176,727 students, and Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk is one of those schools.
At Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk, Hispanic students make up 88% of the student body. The school is also 8% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. The chance that two students picked at random at Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That ratio is under the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 75% in 2024-25.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk is 8.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 49.9%. Predicted: 41.5%.
Within Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The nearest other public school, East Early College High School, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk. On state test proficiency, Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 325, 24% below the 428 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 13.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at RuskHow large is Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk?
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk serve?
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk have?
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk?
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk reports a student body of 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk?
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.