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What's the most underrated thing about HOLLAND MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
476
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364005494
Holland Middle School
1600 GELLHORN, HOUSTON, TX 77029 · (713) 671-3860 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- 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.
- A-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
14.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
465 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 152 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 36% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Holland Middle School→Furr High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Holland Middle School
Holland Middle School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Middle School this school | 476 | 97.7% | 33.0% |
| Marshall Middle School HOUSTON | 456 | 94.3% | 34.5% |
| Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence DALLAS | 467 | 98.1% | 26.4% |
| KIPP Prime College Preparatory HOUSTON | 453 | 93.4% | 38.2% |
| IDEA Southeast College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 475 | 91.4% | 42.4% |
| Uplift Heights Prep Middle School DALLAS | 448 | 90.6% | 25.7% |
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 Holland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,271 of 1,635 | #165 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,055 of 1,670 ▼ 225 | #147 of 219 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,429 of 1,670 ▲ 47 | #190 of 219 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #301 of 1,570 | #44 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #1,129 of 1,749 | #182 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #704 of 1,542 | #92 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #1,172 of 1,543 | #162 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #48 of 1,648 | #19 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #161 of 942 | #37 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
476
-162 (-25%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,185
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 476 | 33.1 | 14.4:1 | 98% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 97% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 98% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 99% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 38.3 | 17.4:1 | 80% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 75% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 44 | 17.0:1 | 55% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 40 | 21.2:1 | 74% (625) |
| 1990-91 | 1,185 | 48 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (668 to 476); teachers down 14% (38.3 to 33.1).
About Holland Middle School
Holland Middle School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas, as a low-enrollment middle school. The school reports 476 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 26% smaller than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Within HOUSTON ISD, Holland Middle School is one of 273 schools. The district enrolls 176,727 students.
Roughly 80% of students at Holland Middle School are Hispanic. Other groups make up 18% Black. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Holland Middle School is 33.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. The school counts 465 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 98%. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Holland Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 32.0% for a school in Texas with Holland Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Holland Middle School posts 33.0%.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
The closest public school to Holland Middle School is Pleasantville Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Holland Middle School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Holland Middle School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Holland Middle School's enrollment dropped from 638 in 2020-21 to 476 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.8:1 to 14.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Holland Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Holland Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holland Middle. Holland Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Holland Middle SchoolHOLLAND, TX · 147 students
- Holland Middle SchoolHolland, PA · 960 students
- Holland Middle SchoolHOLLAND, MI · 605 students
- HOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOLLAND, NY · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantville Elementary School0.1 mi · 219
- Port Houston Elementary School0.6 mi · 255
- Martinez R Elementary School1.5 mi · 380
- Furr High School1.8 mi · 914
- Scroggins Elementary School1.9 mi · 287
- Whittier Elementary School2.0 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Holland Middle SchoolHow many students attend Holland Middle School?
Holland Middle School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 06-08.
Is Holland Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holland Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Holland Middle School have?
Holland Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Holland Middle School?
Student demographics at Holland Middle School are roughly 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 18% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Holland Middle School?
Holland Middle School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.