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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HODGES BEND MIDDLE administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
765
Middle
DISTRICT 1,216 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965007283
Hodges Bend Middle School
16510 BISSONNET, HOUSTON, TX 77083 · (281) 634-3000 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test 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.
- C-Three-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
12.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
603 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 | 237 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%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
Hodges Bend Middle School→George Bush 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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 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 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Hodges Bend Middle School
Hodges Bend Middle School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges Bend Middle School this school | 765 | 78.8% | 33.8% |
| Marshall Durham Middle School LEWISVILLE | 646 | 75.7% | 23.4% |
| Houston Middle School IRVING | 758 | 81.4% | 36.1% |
| Miller Intermediate School HOUSTON | 793 | 86.5% | 42.4% |
| Ousley Junior High School ARLINGTON | 782 | 79.7% | 49.5% |
| IDEA Edgecliff College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 604 | 78.8% | 50.5% |
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 Hodges Bend Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,233 of 1,635 | #28 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,324 of 1,670 ▲ 71 | #29 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,131 of 1,670 ▲ 58 | #28 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,231 of 1,570 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #631 of 1,749 | #29 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #263 of 1,542 | #1 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #459 of 1,543 | #24 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #545 of 1,648 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #211 of 942 | #1 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
765
-266 (-26%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 1,435
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 765 | 61 | 12.5:1 | 79% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 55.3 | 15.4:1 | 78% (664) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 60.2 | 14.1:1 | 81% (686) |
| 2020-21 | 1,031 | 71 | 14.5:1 | 69% (716) |
| 2017-18 | 1,031 | 63.8 | 16.1:1 | 69% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 1,148 | 68 | 16.9:1 | 63% (719) |
| 2010-11 | 1,307 | 78 | 16.8:1 | 65% (850) |
| 2000-01 | 1,435 | 88 | 16.3:1 | 30% (432) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hodges Bend Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,031 to 765); teachers down 4% (63.8 to 61).
About Hodges Bend Middle School
Hodges Bend Middle School is a mid-sized middle school found in HOUSTON, Texas. Enrollment stands at 765 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
FORT BEND ISD has 79,663 students spread across 83 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Hodges Bend Middle School is Hispanic: 54%. The next largest groups are 29% Black, 11% Asian, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 25% share among Fort Bend County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hodges Bend Middle School is 12.5:1, based on 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Lunch program data show 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Fort Bend County, the average is 42%.
Hodges Bend Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Texas public middle schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hodges Bend Middle School's results are 6.2 points below predicted: 33.8% against 40.0%.
In the surrounding county, Fort Bend County, median household income comes to about $114,041, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 217 public schools and about 191,372 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Mary Austin Holley Elementary School, is the closest to Hodges Bend Middle School. Hodges Bend Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Hodges Bend Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Hodges Bend Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 1,031 students in 2020-21 to 765 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Hodges Bend Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Mary Austin Holley Elementary School0.1 mi · 648
- Mission Bend Glen Elementary School0.5 mi · 460
- Sst Sugarland0.6 mi · 739
- Sst Sugar Land College Prep High School0.6 mi · 125
- Mission West Elementary School1.3 mi · 513
- Arizona Fleming Elementary School1.5 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Hodges Bend Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hodges Bend Middle School?
Hodges Bend Middle School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hodges Bend Middle School serve?
Hodges Bend Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hodges Bend Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hodges Bend Middle School is approximately 12.5:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hodges Bend Middle School?
At Hodges Bend Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 54% Hispanic, 29% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hodges Bend Middle School public or private?
Hodges Bend Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.