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Alumni: what's one memory from KEEFER CROSSING MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,271
Middle
DISTRICT 1,054 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW CANEY ISD·NCES 483240008997
Keefer Crossing Middle School
21600 GENE CAMPBELL BLVD, NEW CANEY, TX 77357 · (281) 577-8840 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,271 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
960 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 463 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 390 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 418 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Keefer Crossing Middle School
Keefer Crossing Middle School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keefer Crossing Middle School this school | 1,271 | 75.5% | 27.6% |
| Moorhead Junior High School CONROE | 1,379 | 79.9% | 35.8% |
| Donald J Stockton JH CONROE | 1,367 | 70.2% | 41.4% |
| Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High School DICKINSON | 877 | 75.5% | 46.3% |
| White Oak Middle School PORTER | 833 | 72.9% | 32.3% |
| Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School ODESSA | 1,227 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
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 Keefer Crossing Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,460 of 1,635 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,439 of 1,670 ▲ 78 | #31 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,408 of 1,670 ▲ 144 | #29 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,237 of 1,570 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,271 | #83 of 1,749 | #9 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,115 of 1,542 | #17 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #871 of 1,543 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #603 of 1,648 | #6 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +61.1% | #27 of 437 | #2 of 11 |
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
1,271
+305 (+32%) vs 2020
+79% since 2010-11, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,271 | 79.5 | 16.0:1 | 76% (960) |
| 2023-24 | 1,255 | 78.9 | 15.9:1 | 79% (988) |
| 2022-23 | 1,213 | 74.6 | 16.3:1 | 81% (984) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 78% (752) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 59.8 | 13.2:1 | 74% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 70% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 65% (463) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keefer Crossing Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (789 to 1,271); teachers up 33% (59.8 to 79.5).
About Keefer Crossing Middle School
Families in NEW CANEY, Texas, are served by Keefer Crossing Middle School, a large middle school. Federal data show 1,271 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
NEW CANEY ISD serves 19,420 students across 20 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Keefer Crossing Middle School is Hispanic: 66%. The remaining shares are 23% White and 8% Black. Montgomery County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Classroom staffing at Keefer Crossing Middle School totals 79.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Keefer Crossing Middle School is about 76%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is higher.
Keefer Crossing Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 41.4%, so the school is 13.9 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
For the population of Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $97,701, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County counts 160 public schools with about 134,595 students.
The Learning Center is the nearest public school to Keefer Crossing Middle School, about 2.5 miles away. Keefer Crossing Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Keefer Crossing Middle School ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 27.6% versus a 37.4% average.
Keefer Crossing Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 1,271 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 966.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW CANEY ISD
- New Caney High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- Porter High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,371 students
- West Fork High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 911 students
Other schools in NEW CANEY
- New Caney High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- Timber Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 911 students
- Tavola Elementary SchoolElementary · 859 students
- Oakley Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- New Caney Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
Nearby schools
- The Learning Center2.5 mi · 102
- New Caney Elementary School2.6 mi · 787
- Robert Crippen Elementary School3.1 mi · 809
- New Caney High School3.3 mi · 2,226
- Porter High School3.4 mi · 2,094
- Valley Ranch Elementary School3.4 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Keefer Crossing Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Keefer Crossing Middle School?
Keefer Crossing Middle School enrolls approximately 1,271 students in grades 06-08.
Is Keefer Crossing Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Keefer Crossing Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keefer Crossing Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keefer Crossing Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Keefer Crossing Middle School?
At Keefer Crossing Middle School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 66% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Keefer Crossing Middle School public or private?
Keefer Crossing Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW CANEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.