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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ILTEXAS HOUSTON OREM MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
410
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)·NCES 480144013418
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School
5445 E OREM DR, HOUSTON, TX 77048 · (713) 987-9435 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- AThree-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
17.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
367 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 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 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School this school | 410 | 89.5% | 24.6% |
| Houston Academy HOUSTON | 372 | 88.2% | 32.2% |
| Drew Academy HOUSTON | 363 | 85.1% | 27.4% |
| H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School DUNCANVILLE | 443 | 83.5% | 21.8% |
| Jean McClung Middle School FORT WORTH | 514 | 91.8% | 21.6% |
| Grace R Brandenburg Intermediate School DUNCANVILLE | 345 | 84.9% | 23.5% |
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 Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,524 of 1,635 | #207 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #780 of 1,670 ▲ 668 | #110 of 219 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,246 of 1,670 ▲ 287 | #163 of 219 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.5pp | #152 of 1,570 | #24 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #1,242 of 1,749 | #192 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,324 of 1,542 | #174 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #810 of 1,543 | #105 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #262 of 1,648 | #69 of 221 |
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
410
-45 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 410 | 23.9 | 17.1:1 | 90% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 28.7 | 14.3:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 28.1 | 16.1:1 | 86% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 89% (407) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School.
About Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is a small middle school found in HOUSTON, Texas. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 410 students. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
A total of 44 schools make up INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), with 25,497 students enrolled.
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is 52% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 45% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Harris County's population at about 19%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School was 17.1:1. This ratio sits 2.8 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 90%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Iltexas Houston Orem 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.
On BeatsExpectations, Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is 10.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Harris County census figures show that the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County is home to 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 public school students.
The shortest distance from Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Iltexas Houston Orem Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 23.8% proficiency; Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School posts 24.6%.
In the federal locale system, Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment declined 10% from its 2020-21 level of 455.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)
- Iltexas Garland Elementary SchoolElementary · 941 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Katy Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Keller Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Iltexas Msg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 895 students
- Iltexas Bg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 888 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
- Iltexas Houston Orem Elementary School0.0 mi · 837
- Frost Elementary School0.5 mi · 402
- Thomas Middle School0.8 mi · 391
- Codwell Elementary School0.9 mi · 342
- Sterling High School1.0 mi · 1,146
- Reve Preparatory Charter School1.2 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Iltexas Houston Orem Middle SchoolHow many students attend Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School?
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 06-08.
Is Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School.
How diverse is Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School?
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 45% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School?
Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School is overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.