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HOLUB MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 HOLUB MIDDLE
HOLUB MIDDLE is one of the medium-sized intermediate schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALIEF ISD, with 686 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.
HOLUB MIDDLE is one of 46 schools operated by ALIEF ISD, a district that enrolls 38,610 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HOLUB MIDDLE records that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 7% Asian, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HOLUB MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLUB MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.0%; this one delivers 36.8%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HOLUB MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
KENNEDY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOLUB MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, HOLUB MIDDLE comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. HOLUB MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 925 (now 686). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 56% to 71% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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