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Huntsville Intermediate School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 426 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 405 | 49% |
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 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2023-24
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% | 44.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 22.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
Where Huntsville Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #1,366 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,403 of 1,670 ▲ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,432 of 1,670 ▲ 186 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #365 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #509 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #803 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #216 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #597 of 1,648 |
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 831 | 61.8 | 13.5:1 | 76% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 56.1 | 14.8:1 | 76% (627) |
| 2020-21 | 891 | 56 | 15.9:1 | 65% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 55.5 | 16.5:1 | 61% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 59 | 15.2:1 | 54% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 37% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 984 | 67 | 14.7:1 | 42% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (916 to 831); teachers up 11% (55.5 to 61.8).
About Huntsville Intermediate School
Huntsville Intermediate School is a middle school in HUNTSVILLE, Texas, and it is part of HUNTSVILLE ISD. It reports enrollment of 831 students in grades 5 through 6. That puts enrollment 29% bigger than the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
The district for Huntsville Intermediate School is HUNTSVILLE ISD, with 11 schools and 12,092 students.
The student body at Huntsville Intermediate School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 38%. Other groups include 34% White, 23% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
For every teacher at Huntsville Intermediate School, there are about 14.8 students; the school has 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 76%. On average, public schools in Walker County report 66%.
The model predicts 41.3% for a school in Texas with Huntsville Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Huntsville Intermediate School posts 30.8%.
The school is in Walker County, where the median household earns about $52,324 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Huntsville Intermediate School shares Walker County with 17 other public schools.
Scott Johnson Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Huntsville Intermediate School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Huntsville Intermediate School is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Huntsville Intermediate School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
From 2017-18 to 2023-24, enrollment decreased from 916 to 831, a 9% decline. Meanwhile, the Black share shrank from 28% to 23% of enrollment. There were fewer students per teacher in 2023-24 (13.5:1) than in 2017-18 (16.5:1).
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