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How has NAVARRO MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
400
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002498
Navarro Middle School
5100 POLK ST, HOUSTON, TX 77023 · (713) 924-1760 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
391 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 112 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 38% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 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 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 34.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Navarro Middle School
Navarro Middle School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navarro Middle School this school | 400 | 97.8% | 31.1% |
| Deady Middle School HOUSTON | 413 | 98.3% | 34.4% |
| Cavazos Middle School LUBBOCK | 384 | 95.8% | 36.1% |
| Thomas C Marsh Middle School DALLAS | 445 | 97.3% | 27.6% |
| Edgar Allan Poe STEM Dual Language Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 95.4% | 16.6% |
| West Oso Junior High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 391 | 95.9% | 30.7% |
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 Navarro Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,348 of 1,635 | #176 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #437 of 1,670 ▲ 166 | #50 of 219 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #850 of 1,670 ▲ 625 | #102 of 219 ▲ 88 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #137 of 1,570 | #20 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #1,261 of 1,749 | #194 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #330 of 1,542 | #43 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #1,334 of 1,543 | #192 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #46 of 1,648 | #18 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.7% | #36 of 942 | #7 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
400
-228 (-36%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 1,585
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 98% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 32.2 | 15.1:1 | 99% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 35.5 | 15.4:1 | 98% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 34 | 18.5:1 | 95% (597) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 95% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | 50 | 16.6:1 | 97% (804) |
| 2010-11 | 912 | 51 | 17.9:1 | 59% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 1,208 | 69 | 17.5:1 | 96% (1,161) |
| 1990-91 | 1,585 | 77 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Navarro Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (710 to 400); teachers down 28% (43 to 31).
About Navarro Middle School
Navarro Middle School is a middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, and it is part of HOUSTON ISD. It reported 400 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
Navarro Middle School sits within HOUSTON ISD, which has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Navarro Middle School is Hispanic, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The diversity index for Navarro Middle School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 28 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Navarro Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Texas public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Navarro Middle School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Harris County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Navarro Middle School among them.
Eastwood Academy is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 31.1% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Navarro Middle School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 36% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.5:1).
On allk12, people connected to Navarro Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Eastwood Academy0.2 mi · 365
- Community Services-Sec0.3 mi · 83
- Austin High School0.4 mi · 1,181
- Cage Elementary School0.5 mi · 319
- Project Chrysalis Middle School0.5 mi · 241
- KIPP Intrepid Preparatory0.6 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Navarro Middle SchoolHow large is Navarro Middle School?
Navarro Middle School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades 06-08.
Is Navarro Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Navarro Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Navarro Middle School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Navarro Middle School.
How diverse is Navarro Middle School?
Navarro Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Navarro Middle School public or private?
Navarro Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.