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Enrollment
806
Middle
DISTRICT 1,216 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965007282
Christa McAuliffe Middle School
16650 S POST OAK, HOUSTON, TX 77053 · (281) 634-3360 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
734 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 280 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Christa McAuliffe Middle School→Willowridge High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 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 are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 17.0% | 30.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Christa McAuliffe Middle School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School this school | 806 | 91.1% | 24.9% |
| Cunningham Middle School HOUSTON | 802 | 88.7% | 42.9% |
| G W Carver Middle School WACO | 723 | 96.3% | 14.3% |
| Lawson Middle School HOUSTON | 1,069 | 92.7% | 37.6% |
| Stelle Claughton Middle School HOUSTON | 896 | 95.0% | 29.0% |
| Wedgwood Middle School FORT WORTH | 701 | 89.3% | 19.3% |
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 Christa McAuliffe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,513 of 1,635 | #32 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,594 of 1,670 ▼ 28 | #31 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,534 of 1,670 ▲ 39 | #33 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,065 of 1,570 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #551 of 1,749 | #28 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #433 of 1,542 | #4 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #793 of 1,543 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #216 of 1,648 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #432 of 942 | #6 of 12 |
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
806
-99 (-11%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 1,255
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 806 | 60.4 | 13.3:1 | 91% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 89% (709) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 49.5 | 16.9:1 | 94% (786) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 69 | 13.1:1 | 85% (772) |
| 2017-18 | 969 | 72.6 | 13.4:1 | 78% (756) |
| 2015-16 | 998 | 72 | 13.9:1 | 73% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 83% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 1,255 | 70 | 17.9:1 | 60% (757) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (969 to 806); teachers down 17% (72.6 to 60.4).
About Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in FORT BEND ISD. It serves 806 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 25% above that.
FORT BEND ISD enrolls 79,663 students, and its 83 schools include Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
Roughly 57% of students at Christa McAuliffe Middle School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 39% Black and 2% multiracial. Fort Bend County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Christa McAuliffe Middle School employs 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Christa McAuliffe Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 91%. The rate at public schools in Fort Bend County averages 42%, lower than here.
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Christa McAuliffe Middle School is 9.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 24.9%. Predicted: 34.8%.
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is located in Fort Bend County, where the median household income is $114,041, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Christa McAuliffe Middle School, Fort Bend County has 216 other public schools.
Blue Ridge Briargate Elementary School is located about 0.4 miles from Christa McAuliffe Middle School. The five-mile area around Christa McAuliffe Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Christa McAuliffe Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Christa McAuliffe Middle School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 905.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 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 Christa McAuliffe Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Christa McAuliffe Middle. Christa McAuliffe Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 1,079 students
- Christa McAuliffe MiddleStockton, CA · 734 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolJackson, NJ · 665 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolBAY CITY, MI · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Ridge Briargate Elementary School0.4 mi · 567
- Willowridge High School0.5 mi · 1,242
- Ridgegate Elementary School0.7 mi · 432
- Ridgemont Early Literacy Center0.8 mi · 410
- Ridgemont Elementary School0.9 mi · 337
- YES Prep Southwest Oaks Elementary School1.6 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolHow many students attend Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School enrolls approximately 806 students in grades 06-08.
Is Christa McAuliffe Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
How diverse is Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 57% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is overseen by FORT BEND ISD in Fort Bend County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.