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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432010782
Melillo Middle School
9220 HUGHES RD, HOUSTON, TX 77089 · (713) 740-5260 · Harris County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
396 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 322 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 290 | 47% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 29.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 32.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Melillo Middle School
Melillo Middle School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melillo Middle School this school | 612 | 64.7% | 53.6% |
| Thompson Intermediate School HOUSTON | 835 | 65.6% | 45.2% |
| Iltexas Garland Middle School GARLAND | 475 | 69.3% | 38.9% |
| Iltexas Katy Middle School KATY | 459 | 64.7% | 39.8% |
| Harmony School of Technology-Houston HOUSTON | 703 | 71.4% | 48.0% |
| Manor New Technology Middle School MANOR | 744 | 60.1% | 31.4% |
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 Melillo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #392 of 1,635 | #42 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #447 of 1,670 ▼ 4 | #54 of 219 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #453 of 1,670 ▲ 140 | #53 of 219 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #184 of 1,570 | #19 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #905 of 1,749 | #150 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #381 of 1,542 | #52 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #878 of 1,543 | #113 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #842 of 1,648 | #158 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #537 of 942 | #94 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
612
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 981
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 612 | 46.5 | 13.2:1 | 65% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 50.1 | 11.3:1 | 65% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 52.4 | 11.1:1 | 70% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 52 | 12.1:1 | 69% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 53.7 | 13.1:1 | 56% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 55 | 11.7:1 | 56% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 981 | 58 | 16.9:1 | 15% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Melillo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (704 to 612); teachers down 13% (53.7 to 46.5).
About Melillo Middle School
Melillo Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas. It had 612 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6.
Melillo Middle School is part of a district of 67 schools: PASADENA ISD, with 46,491 students.
The student body at Melillo Middle School is 68% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 6% White. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Melillo Middle School lists 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.2 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 65% of the student body.
Melillo 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 73% of Texas public middle schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Melillo Middle School's results are 7.5 points above predicted: 53.6% against 46.1%.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Melillo Middle School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Thompson Intermediate School is closest at about 0.5 miles. Melillo Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Melillo Middle School comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 3%, from 630 to 612. The school's ratio increased from 12.1:1 to 13.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know Melillo Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 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
Nearby schools
- Thompson Intermediate School0.5 mi · 835
- South Belt Elementary School0.5 mi · 690
- Dobie High School0.6 mi · 3,692
- Moore Elementary School0.8 mi · 356
- Frazier Elementary School1.4 mi · 439
- Barbara Cockrell Elementary School1.6 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About Melillo Middle SchoolHow many students attend Melillo Middle School?
Melillo Middle School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 05-06.
Is Melillo Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Melillo Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Melillo Middle School have?
Melillo Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Melillo Middle School?
Student demographics at Melillo Middle School are roughly 6% White, 68% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Melillo Middle School?
Melillo Middle School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.