DANBURY MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 62 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DANBURY MIDDLE
DANBURY MIDDLE operates as an one-room-style intermediate school in DANBURY, Texas, run under DANBURY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 157 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so DANBURY MIDDLE sits 76% smaller than that benchmark.
DANBURY MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by DANBURY ISD, a district that educates 674 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DANBURY MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, DANBURY MIDDLE has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 28% of students at DANBURY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Brazoria County's rate of about 50%.
After controlling for student poverty, DANBURY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household income runs about $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which DANBURY MIDDLE is one.
DANBURY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DANBURY MIDDLE comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 189 students in 2018 compared to 157 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 26%.
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