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What's the biggest difference between KEY MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002509
Key Middle School
4000 KELLEY ST, HOUSTON, TX 77026 · (713) 636-6000 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-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
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
496 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 174 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Key Middle School
Key Middle School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Middle School this school | 516 | 96.1% | 36.4% |
| KIPP Truth Academy DALLAS | 440 | 98.2% | 23.7% |
| Dr Frederick Douglass Todd Sr Middle School DALLAS | 427 | 98.4% | 23.4% |
| Royce West Leadership School DALLAS | 578 | 95.2% | 32.0% |
| Forest Brook Middle School HOUSTON | 546 | 98.7% | 32.6% |
| Jean McClung Middle School FORT WORTH | 514 | 91.8% | 21.6% |
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 Key Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,112 of 1,635 | #140 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #529 of 1,670 ▲ 300 | #58 of 219 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,002 of 1,670 ▲ 41 | #127 of 219 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #111 of 1,570 | #17 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #1,067 of 1,749 | #168 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #380 of 1,542 | #51 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #776 of 1,543 | #99 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #83 of 1,648 | #26 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #255 of 942 | #51 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
516
-132 (-20%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
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 | 516 | 39.2 | 13.2:1 | 96% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 51 | 10.9:1 | 99% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 38.4 | 16.0:1 | 100% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 96% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 88% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 73% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 52 | 19.6:1 | 90% (920) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 45 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Key Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (674 to 516); teachers down 20% (49 to 39.2).
About Key Middle School
Key Middle School is a small middle-grades school that serves part of HOUSTON, Texas. Total enrollment is 516 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Key Middle School belongs to HOUSTON ISD, a district of 273 schools and 176,727 students.
About 50% of the student body at Key Middle School is Black. Other groups make up 46% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 19% of Harris County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
With 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Key Middle School, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Key Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Texas public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Key Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.4%; the prediction is 32.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income comes to about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Harris County counts 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, YES Prep - Northside, is the closest to Key Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Key Middle School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 20% across 4 years, from 648 in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.8:1 to 13.2:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Key Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Key Middle schools
One other US public school is named Key Middle. Key Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Key MiddleSpringfield, VA · 700 students
Nearby schools
- YES Prep - Northside0.8 mi · 948
- Kashmere Gardens Elementary School0.9 mi · 329
- Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School0.9 mi · 48
- Ross Elementary School1.0 mi · 262
- Cook Jr Elementary School1.1 mi · 453
- Kashmere High School1.2 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Key Middle SchoolHow large is Key Middle School?
Key Middle School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Key Middle School serve?
Key Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Key Middle School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Key Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Key Middle School?
Student demographics at Key Middle School are roughly 3% White, 46% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Key Middle School?
Key Middle School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.