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Enrollment
802
Middle
DISTRICT 912 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025005724
Cunningham Middle School
14110 WALLISVILLE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77049 · (832) 386-4470 · Harris County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
711 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 7 | 366 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 436 | 54% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 35.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Cunningham Middle School
Cunningham Middle School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham Middle School this school | 802 | 88.7% | 42.9% |
| Boulter Middle School TYLER | 901 | 88.5% | 24.6% |
| Ross Sterling Middle School HUMBLE | 888 | 90.3% | 33.9% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School HOUSTON | 806 | 91.1% | 24.9% |
| Plummer Middle School HOUSTON | 894 | 90.6% | 25.9% |
| Lawson Middle School HOUSTON | 1,069 | 92.7% | 37.6% |
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 Cunningham Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #798 of 1,635 | #91 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #407 of 1,670 ▲ 133 | #45 of 219 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #794 of 1,670 ▲ 115 | #93 of 219 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,097 of 1,570 | #154 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #559 of 1,749 | #116 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #321 of 1,542 | #42 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #879 of 1,543 | #114 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #291 of 1,648 | #77 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #377 of 942 | #68 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
802
-175 (-18%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 923
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
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 | 802 | 62.3 | 12.9:1 | 89% (711) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 65.8 | 13.6:1 | 90% (809) |
| 2022-23 | 928 | 67.8 | 13.7:1 | 89% (825) |
| 2020-21 | 977 | 66 | 14.8:1 | 87% (847) |
| 2017-18 | 988 | 63.8 | 15.5:1 | 81% (796) |
| 2015-16 | 958 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 77% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 68 | 13.6:1 | 73% (672) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 70 | 12.4:1 | 50% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 923 | 43 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cunningham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (988 to 802); teachers down 2% (63.8 to 62.3).
About Cunningham Middle School
Cunningham Middle School is a medium-sized middle school based in HOUSTON, Texas. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 802 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 25% above that.
Cunningham Middle School is a school in GALENA PARK ISD. The district has 26 schools and 20,862 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cunningham Middle School is 61% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 34% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. By the diversity index, Cunningham Middle School comes in at 50%.
The school reports 62.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 89% of students. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Cunningham Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.9%, compared with a predicted 35.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across 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%. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
The closest public school to Cunningham Middle School is Tice Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Cunningham Middle School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Cunningham Middle School had 977 students in 2020-21 and 802 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 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
- Tice Elementary School0.1 mi · 669
- The Rhodes School - Northshore Campus0.5 mi · 200
- The Rhodes School - Humble0.5 mi · 236
- Green Valley Elementary School1.0 mi · 565
- IDEA Lake Houston Academy1.0 mi · 719
- IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory1.0 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Cunningham Middle SchoolHow large is Cunningham Middle School?
Cunningham Middle School enrolls approximately 802 students in grades 07-08.
Is Cunningham Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cunningham Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Cunningham Middle School have?
Cunningham Middle School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Cunningham Middle School?
Cunningham Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 61% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cunningham Middle School?
Cunningham Middle School is overseen by GALENA PARK ISD in Harris County.
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