MARSHALL MIDDLE

MARSHALL MIDDLE is a compact intermediate school in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD. The school teaches 456 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. MARSHALL MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MARSHALL MIDDLE reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 16% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, MARSHALL MIDDLE lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARSHALL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MARSHALL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHSIDE H S, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARSHALL MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARSHALL MIDDLE has ticked down 45%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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