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Enrollment
1,360
Middle
DISTRICT 1,305 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611008603
Goodson Middle School
17333 HUFFMEISTER, CYPRESS, TX 77429 · (281) 373-2350 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
568 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 401 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 470 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 489 | 36% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Goodson Middle School
Goodson Middle School's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodson Middle School this school | 1,360 | 41.8% | 63.6% |
| Krimmel Intermed KLEIN | 1,172 | 44.9% | 58.5% |
| Pin Oak Middle School BELLAIRE | 1,253 | 42.9% | 74.4% |
| Harwood Junior High School BEDFORD | 1,024 | 43.8% | 69.8% |
| Hamilton Middle School CYPRESS | 1,474 | 40.3% | 65.3% |
| Renner Middle School PLANO | 1,137 | 37.2% | 53.2% |
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 Goodson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #183 of 1,635 | #26 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #234 of 1,670 ▲ 28 | #32 of 219 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #213 of 1,670 ▲ 31 | #24 of 219 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #383 of 1,570 | #59 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,360 | #56 of 1,749 | #16 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,223 of 1,542 | #155 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #32 of 1,543 | #6 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #1,291 of 1,648 | #193 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #926 of 942 | #142 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
1,360
-99 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 1,753
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,360 | 82.5 | 16.5:1 | 42% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 1,423 | 86.5 | 16.4:1 | 44% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 1,418 | 85.2 | 16.6:1 | 41% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 1,459 | 84 | 17.4:1 | 34% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 1,366 | 75.1 | 18.2:1 | 28% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 1,258 | 72 | 17.5:1 | 27% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 1,753 | 95 | 18.4:1 | 15% (262) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,366 to 1,360); teachers up 10% (75.1 to 82.5).
About Goodson Middle School
Goodson Middle School is a middle school in CYPRESS, Texas, and it is part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,360 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 112% higher.
Goodson Middle School sits within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which has 92 schools and 117,927 students.
Goodson Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 33%. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 34% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. On average, middle schools in Texas have 14.4:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Goodson Middle School is 42%. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, higher than here.
In Texas, Goodson Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.6% actual against a predicted 55.9%.
Goodson Middle School is located in Harris County, where the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Goodson Middle School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
Farney Elementary School is located about 0.7 miles from Goodson Middle School. The five-mile area around Goodson Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Goodson Middle School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Goodson Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 1,459 in 2020-21 to 1,360 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Goodson Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in CYPRESS
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Cypress Park High SchoolHigh · 3,117 students
- Cypress Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,800 students
Nearby schools
- Farney Elementary School0.7 mi · 911
- Robison Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,135
- Cypress Woods High School1.6 mi · 3,469
- Spillane Middle School1.8 mi · 1,436
- Sampson Elementary School1.9 mi · 900
- Black Elementary School2.4 mi · 1,125
Frequently asked questions
About Goodson Middle SchoolHow large is Goodson Middle School?
Goodson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,360 students in grades 06-08.
Is Goodson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Goodson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Goodson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Goodson Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (83 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Goodson Middle School?
Goodson Middle School reports a student body of 33% White, 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Goodson Middle School?
Goodson Middle School is overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.