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Alumni: what's one memory from MANCE PARK MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,298
Middle
DISTRICT 1,393 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE ISD·NCES 482403005504
Mance Park Middle School
828 9TH ST, HUNTSVILLE, TX 77320 · (936) 435-6400 · Walker County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,298 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C+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
18.6:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
957 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 | 439 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 417 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 442 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Mance Park Middle School→Huntsville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HUNTSVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Mance Park Middle School
Mance Park Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mance Park Middle School this school | 1,298 | 73.7% | 37.6% |
| Stephen F Austin BRYAN | 1,177 | 73.8% | 33.8% |
| Herman Furlough Jr Middle School TERRELL | 1,166 | 76.5% | 29.8% |
| Arnold Middle School CYPRESS | 1,376 | 67.4% | 48.0% |
| Marshall Junior High School MARSHALL | 1,035 | 79.2% | 39.3% |
| Angleton J H School ANGLETON | 1,567 | 68.5% | 46.2% |
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 Mance Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,053 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,107 of 1,670 ▼ 146 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,362 of 1,670 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #1,203 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,298 | #74 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,458 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #215 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #646 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +45.0% | #47 of 437 |
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
1,298
+375 (+41%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 889
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,298 | 70 | 18.6:1 | 74% (957) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 60.5 | 14.6:1 | 72% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 904 | 61.8 | 14.6:1 | 74% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 923 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 62% (574) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 57.4 | 15.6:1 | 57% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 65 | 13.6:1 | 58% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 70 | 12.7:1 | 37% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 1,051 | 70 | 15.0:1 | 39% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 889 | 53 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mance Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (895 to 1,298); teachers up 22% (57.4 to 70).
About Mance Park Middle School
A large middle school in HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Mance Park Middle School is part of HUNTSVILLE ISD. It reports enrollment of 1,298 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 102% above the average for middle schools in Texas.
Mance Park Middle School is one school in an 11-school district, HUNTSVILLE ISD, which enrolls 12,092 students.
The student body at Mance Park Middle School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 39%. Next come 33% White, 24% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
There are 70 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mance Park Middle School, giving a ratio of 18.6:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 957 students, or 74%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Walker County averages 66%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Mance Park Middle School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Texas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mance Park Middle School is -4.6 points: 37.6% actual, 42.2% predicted.
In Walker County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $52,324, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 18 public schools and about 13,655 students.
Of the public schools around it, Mance Park Middle School is closest to Samuel Houston Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Mance Park Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Mance Park Middle School ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 37.6% versus a 29.3% average.
Mance Park Middle School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal data put enrollment at 923 in 2020-21 and 1,298 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.4:1 to 18.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Mance Park Middle School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,209
Census ACS
Median income
$52,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
13,655 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HUNTSVILLE ISD
- Texas Online Preparatory High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Texas Online Preparatory Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,050 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,882 students
- Scott Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 879 students
- Huntsville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Samuel Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 760 students
Other schools in HUNTSVILLE
- Texas Online Preparatory High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Texas Online Preparatory Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,050 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,882 students
- Scott Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 879 students
- Huntsville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Samuel Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 760 students
Nearby schools
- Samuel Houston Elementary School0.6 mi · 760
- Premier H S of Huntsville0.6 mi · 67
- Huntsville Elementary School0.8 mi · 670
- Scott Johnson Elementary School1.0 mi · 879
- Huntsville Intermediate School1.0 mi · 831
- Texas Online Preparatory High School1.1 mi · 2,228
Frequently asked questions
About Mance Park Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mance Park Middle School?
Mance Park Middle School enrolls approximately 1,298 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mance Park Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mance Park Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mance Park Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mance Park Middle School is approximately 18.6:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mance Park Middle School?
At Mance Park Middle School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 39% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mance Park Middle School public or private?
Mance Park Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUNTSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.