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Enrollment
522
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432012135
Keller Middle School
1711 MAGNOLIA ST, PASADENA, TX 77503 · (713) 740-5284 · Harris County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
11.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
467 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 5 | 261 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 261 | 50% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 18.0% | 41.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Keller Middle School
Keller Middle School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller Middle School this school | 522 | 89.5% | 32.8% |
| Spring Oaks Middle School HOUSTON | 565 | 89.0% | 33.1% |
| San Jacinto Intermediate School PASADENA | 613 | 88.3% | 40.4% |
| Browne Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 557 | 87.4% | 38.3% |
| KIPP Intrepid Preparatory HOUSTON | 509 | 88.8% | 31.0% |
| KIPP Paseo Preparatory School AUSTIN | 436 | 91.1% | 32.2% |
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 Keller Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,278 of 1,635 | #166 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,580 of 1,670 ▼ 61 | #212 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,231 of 1,670 ▲ 16 | #160 of 219 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,262 of 1,570 | #178 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #1,056 of 1,749 | #167 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #77 of 1,542 | #10 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,293 of 1,543 | #184 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #268 of 1,648 | #72 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #216 of 942 | #46 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
522
-139 (-21%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 522 | 47.1 | 11.1:1 | 89% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 50.9 | 11.0:1 | 86% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 52.7 | 12.5:1 | 92% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 51 | 13.0:1 | 91% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 51.4 | 13.7:1 | 85% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 86% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keller Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (702 to 522); teachers down 8% (51.4 to 47.1).
About Keller Middle School
Keller Middle School is a small middle-grades school in PASADENA, Texas. It reported 522 students in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25.
Within PASADENA ISD, Keller Middle School is one of 67 schools. The district enrolls 46,491 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Keller Middle School is Hispanic, at 89%. The rest of enrollment is 6% White and 5% Black. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The diversity index for Keller Middle School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Keller Middle School lists 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. About 89% of students at Keller Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 19 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Keller Middle School lands at C, ahead of 27% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at Keller Middle School are 2.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.8% actual, 35.5% predicted).
Census data for Harris County show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
The closest school to Keller Middle School is Parks Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 50.2% on proficiency, and Keller Middle School is below that at 32.8%.
Keller Middle School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment fell 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.0:1).
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Keller Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Keller Middle schools
One other US public school is named Keller Middle. Keller Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Keller Middle SchoolKELLER, TX · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Parks Elementary School0.1 mi · 379
- San Jacinto Intermediate School0.6 mi · 613
- The Summit (intermediate)0.7 mi · 76
- The Summit (high School)0.7 mi · 161
- Unlimited Visions Aftercare0.7 mi · 14
- Sparks Elementary School0.8 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Keller Middle SchoolHow many students attend Keller Middle School?
Keller Middle School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Keller Middle School serve?
Keller Middle School serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keller Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keller Middle School is approximately 11.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Keller Middle School?
Keller Middle School reports a student body of 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black.
Who oversees Keller Middle School?
Keller Middle School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.