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NEEDVILLE MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NEEDVILLE MIDDLE
NEEDVILLE MIDDLE, a moderately sized junior high in NEEDVILLE, Texas, overseen by NEEDVILLE ISD, teaches 853 students, covering grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.
NEEDVILLE ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,650 students; NEEDVILLE MIDDLE is among them.
On demographics, NEEDVILLE MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 46% Hispanic, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, NEEDVILLE MIDDLE reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NEEDVILLE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEEDVILLE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which NEEDVILLE MIDDLE is one.
NEEDVILLE J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around NEEDVILLE MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEEDVILLE MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.2%.
NEEDVILLE MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEEDVILLE MIDDLE has edged up 80%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 853 in 2025.
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