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What's the one class at KAHLA MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,126
Middle
DISTRICT 1,305 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611010728
Kahla Middle School
16212 W LITTLE YORK, HOUSTON, TX 77084 · (281) 345-3260 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,126 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.2:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
933 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 371 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 379 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 376 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Kahla Middle School
Kahla Middle School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahla Middle School this school | 1,126 | 82.9% | 37.4% |
| Watkins Middle School HOUSTON | 1,283 | 82.5% | 38.7% |
| Wunderlich Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,319 | 79.0% | 44.5% |
| Thornton Middle School KATY | 1,424 | 82.5% | 36.3% |
| Campbell Middle School HOUSTON | 1,076 | 85.6% | 38.6% |
| Mayde Creek Junior High School HOUSTON | 1,214 | 76.1% | 42.4% |
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 Kahla Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,062 of 1,635 | #134 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,136 of 1,670 ▲ 150 | #157 of 219 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,080 of 1,670 ▲ 58 | #137 of 219 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #986 of 1,570 | #142 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,126 | #168 of 1,749 | #51 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #654 of 1,542 | #89 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #558 of 1,543 | #72 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #441 of 1,648 | #114 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #442 of 942 | #80 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
1,126
-227 (-17%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,351
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,126 | 79.3 | 14.2:1 | 83% (933) |
| 2023-24 | 1,167 | 80.3 | 14.5:1 | 84% (978) |
| 2022-23 | 1,176 | 83.7 | 14.1:1 | 82% (968) |
| 2020-21 | 1,353 | 99 | 13.7:1 | 75% (1,008) |
| 2017-18 | 1,348 | 94.7 | 14.2:1 | 71% (956) |
| 2015-16 | 1,445 | 94 | 15.4:1 | 71% (1,024) |
| 2010-11 | 1,351 | 89 | 15.2:1 | 71% (959) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kahla Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,348 to 1,126); teachers down 16% (94.7 to 79.3).
About Kahla Middle School
Kahla Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school counted 1,126 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 75% bigger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which runs Kahla Middle School, has 92 schools and 117,927 students.
At Kahla Middle School, 58% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 27% Black, 6% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The school had 79.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. The school reported 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 13 points lower.
Among Texas public middle schools, Kahla Middle School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Kahla Middle School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In Harris County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Kahla Middle School among them.
Kahla Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Metcalf Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Kahla Middle School is behind the 48.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Kahla Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 1,353 to 1,126.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 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
- Metcalf Elementary School0.5 mi · 855
- Tipps Elementary School1.0 mi · 980
- Lieder Elementary School1.2 mi · 742
- Harmony School of Discovery - Houston1.3 mi · 858
- Watkins Middle School1.4 mi · 1,283
- Langham Creek High School1.5 mi · 3,011
Frequently asked questions
About Kahla Middle SchoolHow large is Kahla Middle School?
Kahla Middle School enrolls approximately 1,126 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kahla Middle School serve?
Kahla Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kahla Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kahla Middle School is approximately 14.2:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kahla Middle School?
Student demographics at Kahla Middle School are roughly 5% White, 58% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kahla Middle School public or private?
Kahla Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.