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Enrollment
805
Middle
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR CREEK ISD·NCES 481428007004
Brookside Intermediate School
3535 E FM 528, FRIENDSWOOD, TX 77546 · (281) 284-3600 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL805 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
339 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 274 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Brookside Intermediate School
Brookside Intermediate School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Intermediate School this school | 805 | 42.1% | 54.6% |
| Trinity Meadows Intermediate School KELLER | 813 | 38.4% | 51.9% |
| Wilson Middle School PLANO | 813 | 45.5% | 53.3% |
| Lowell H Strike Middle School LITTLE ELM | 881 | 40.2% | 43.8% |
| Memorial Parkway Junior High School KATY | 766 | 42.3% | 66.4% |
| Leonard Evans Jr Middle School MCKINNEY | 798 | 39.6% | 57.6% |
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 Brookside Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #360 of 1,635 | #40 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #711 of 1,670 ▼ 174 | #96 of 219 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #396 of 1,670 ▲ 74 | #47 of 219 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,143 of 1,570 | #164 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 805 | #554 of 1,749 | #114 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #573 of 1,542 | #83 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #128 of 1,543 | #17 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,285 of 1,648 | #192 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #920 of 942 | #140 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
805
-164 (-17%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,117
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 805 | 57.8 | 13.9:1 | 42% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 57.6 | 14.5:1 | 46% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 921 | 60.5 | 15.2:1 | 47% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 969 | 65 | 14.9:1 | 28% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 54.2 | 14.9:1 | 42% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 41% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 34% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 70 | 16.0:1 | 11% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (810 to 805); teachers up 7% (54.2 to 57.8).
About Brookside Intermediate School
Brookside Intermediate School is a middle-grades school in FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, and it is part of CLEAR CREEK ISD. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 805 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 25% bigger than that mark.
Brookside Intermediate School sits within CLEAR CREEK ISD, which has 46 schools and 39,684 students.
No group is above 50% at Brookside Intermediate School; the largest is Hispanic, at 40%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% White, 13% Black, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Brookside Intermediate School scores 71%.
Brookside Intermediate School lists 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 28 points higher.
The model predicts 55.7% for a school in Texas with Brookside Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Brookside Intermediate School posts 54.6%.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Brookside Intermediate School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
The closest school to Brookside Intermediate School is P H Greene Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Brookside Intermediate School. On proficiency, Brookside Intermediate School is ahead of the 54.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
NCES assigns Brookside Intermediate School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 164 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The Brookside Intermediate School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 CLEAR CREEK ISD
- Clear Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- Clear Falls High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Clear Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,500 students
- Clear Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,469 students
- Clear Brook High SchoolHigh · 2,303 students
- Westbrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
Other schools in FRIENDSWOOD
- Clear Brook High SchoolHigh · 2,303 students
- Friendswood High SchoolHigh · 2,014 students
- Friendswood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,530 students
- Westbrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- C W Cline Elementary SchoolElementary · 906 students
- C D Landolt Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Other Brookside Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Brookside Intermediate. Brookside Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolSheffield Village, OH · 416 students
Nearby schools
- P H Greene Elementary School0.4 mi · 545
- C D Landolt Elementary School1.1 mi · 736
- Wedgewood Elementary School1.1 mi · 637
- Westbrook Intermediate School1.7 mi · 1,160
- Clear Springs High School2.0 mi · 2,668
- Friendswood Junior High School2.2 mi · 1,530
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookside Intermediate School?
Brookside Intermediate School enrolls approximately 805 students in grades 06-08.
Is Brookside Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brookside Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Brookside Intermediate School have?
Brookside Intermediate School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Brookside Intermediate School?
Brookside Intermediate School reports a student body of 33% White, 40% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Brookside Intermediate School?
Brookside Intermediate School is overseen by CLEAR CREEK ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.