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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LEON H SABLATURA MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
878
Middle
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444007532
Leon H Sablatura Middle School
2201 N GALVESTON AVE, PEARLAND, TX 77581 · (281) 412-1500 · Brazoria County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test 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.
- B+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
17.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
306 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 412 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 466 | 53% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 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 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 62.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 17.0% | 20.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Leon H Sablatura Middle School
Leon H Sablatura Middle School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon H Sablatura Middle School this school | 878 | 34.9% | 72.8% |
| Pearland J H West PEARLAND | 941 | 34.5% | 68.3% |
| Renner Middle School PLANO | 1,137 | 37.2% | 53.2% |
| Westbrook Intermediate School FRIENDSWOOD | 1,160 | 34.1% | 72.7% |
| Spillane Middle School CYPRESS | 1,436 | 30.9% | 72.3% |
| Pin Oak Middle School BELLAIRE | 1,253 | 42.9% | 74.4% |
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 Leon H Sablatura Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #69 of 1,635 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #163 of 1,670 ▼ 51 | #6 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #131 of 1,670 ▼ 17 | #6 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #536 of 1,570 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #438 of 1,749 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,307 of 1,542 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #105 of 1,543 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #1,394 of 1,648 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #314 of 437 | #6 of 9 |
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
878
-58 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 878 | 51.6 | 17.0:1 | 35% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 923 | 49.7 | 18.6:1 | 35% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 928 | 48.2 | 19.3:1 | 39% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 33% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 51.8 | 16.0:1 | 33% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 47 | 19.0:1 | 34% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 41% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 872 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 14% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leon H Sablatura Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (830 to 878); teachers unchanged (51.8 to 51.6).
About Leon H Sablatura Middle School
Leon H Sablatura Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in PEARLAND, Texas. It reported 878 students in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
PEARLAND ISD (24 schools, 20,862 students) runs Leon H Sablatura Middle School.
Hispanic students account for 42% of enrollment at Leon H Sablatura Middle School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 22% White, 21% Asian, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Brazoria County, the Hispanic share is about 32%. The diversity index for Leon H Sablatura Middle School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 17.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Leon H Sablatura Middle School, which has 51.6. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Leon H Sablatura Middle School is about 35%. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
Leon H Sablatura Middle School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Texas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Leon H Sablatura Middle School is +14.0 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.8%, and the predicted rate is 58.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Brazoria County show that the median household earns about $97,993 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Brazoria County, 115 public schools serve about 75,767 students.
Pearland J H West is about 0.1 miles from Leon H Sablatura Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Leon H Sablatura Middle School is 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Leon H Sablatura Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 878 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.5:1 to 17.0:1.
The allk12 page for Leon H Sablatura Middle School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- E A Lawhon Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Pearland J H West0.1 mi · 941
- Horizon Montessori Pearland - STEM Academy0.2 mi · 216
- Pace Center0.2 mi · 96
- Pearland J H East0.3 mi · 801
- C J Harris Elementary School0.6 mi · 549
- Barbara Cockrell Elementary School1.1 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolHow many students attend Leon H Sablatura Middle School?
Leon H Sablatura Middle School enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 05-06.
Is Leon H Sablatura Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leon H Sablatura Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Leon H Sablatura Middle School have?
Leon H Sablatura Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leon H Sablatura Middle School?
At Leon H Sablatura Middle School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 42% Hispanic, 10% Black, 21% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Leon H Sablatura Middle School public or private?
Leon H Sablatura Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PEARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.