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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the EARNESTEEN MILSTEAD MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432010783
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School
338 GILPIN ST, HOUSTON, TX 77034 · (713) 740-5238 · Harris County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
550 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 5 | 325 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 316 | 49% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Earnesteen Milstead Middle School
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnesteen Milstead Middle School this school | 641 | 85.8% | 34.8% |
| San Jacinto Intermediate School PASADENA | 613 | 88.3% | 40.4% |
| Rayburn Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 600 | 84.0% | 28.4% |
| Woodland Acres Middle School HOUSTON | 570 | 87.7% | 49.2% |
| Miller Intermediate School PASADENA | 780 | 86.0% | 46.5% |
| Judith A Resnik Middle School VON ORMY | 765 | 86.9% | 24.8% |
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 Earnesteen Milstead Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,180 of 1,635 | #148 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,340 of 1,670 ▼ 325 | #184 of 219 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,604 of 1,670 ▼ 321 | #215 of 219 ▼ 52 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #185 of 1,570 | #20 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #858 of 1,749 | #145 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #246 of 1,542 | #30 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #1,328 of 1,543 | #190 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #371 of 1,648 | #99 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #363 of 942 | #67 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
641
-93 (-13%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 641 | 51.5 | 12.4:1 | 86% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 57 | 11.3:1 | 86% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 58.5 | 11.9:1 | 90% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 61 | 12.0:1 | 90% (657) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 62.8 | 12.6:1 | 85% (671) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 86% (759) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 16% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earnesteen Milstead Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (794 to 641); teachers down 18% (62.8 to 51.5).
About Earnesteen Milstead Middle School
Federal records list Earnesteen Milstead Middle School as a middle school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school serves 641 students in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25.
PASADENA ISD has a total of 67 schools and 46,491 students, Earnesteen Milstead Middle School among them.
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School's enrollment is 91% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% Black and 3% White. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 51.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
The allk12 Grade for Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is C. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is 2.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is located in Harris County, where the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
Garfield Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Earnesteen Milstead Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Earnesteen Milstead Middle School's average proficiency of 34.8% compares with 41.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment at Earnesteen Milstead Middle School declined 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 734 to 641 students.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 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
- Garfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 537
- Freeman Elementary School0.8 mi · 382
- YES Prep - Southeast0.9 mi · 854
- Pearl Hall Elementary School0.9 mi · 571
- Southeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 816
- Beta Academy1.0 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Earnesteen Milstead Middle SchoolHow many students attend Earnesteen Milstead Middle School?
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Earnesteen Milstead Middle School serve?
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Earnesteen Milstead Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Earnesteen Milstead Middle School?
Student demographics at Earnesteen Milstead Middle School are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Earnesteen Milstead Middle School in?
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.