MEYERLAND MIDDLE

As a heavily attended middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, MEYERLAND MIDDLE hosts 1,166 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 81% bigger than typical.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), MEYERLAND MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MEYERLAND MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 18% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MEYERLAND MIDDLE logs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MEYERLAND MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MEYERLAND MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MEYERLAND MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HARMONY VIRTUAL ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEYERLAND MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEYERLAND MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.0%.

MEYERLAND MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEYERLAND MIDDLE has edged down 27%, going from 1,607 students in 2018 to 1,166 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 36% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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