MEAD MIDDLE

MEAD MIDDLE is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within ALDINE ISD, caters to 910 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 76 schools in ALDINE ISD (56,419 students total), MEAD MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MEAD MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest reads as 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MEAD MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MEAD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MEAD MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: VARDEMAN EC/PK/K, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEAD MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, MEAD MIDDLE comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

MEAD MIDDLE operates from a commuter-belt location.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.