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What's the one class at NOLAN RYAN J H every student should take?
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Enrollment
777
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVIN ISD·NCES 480809011504
Nolan Ryan Junior High School
11500 SHADOW CREEK PKWY, PEARLAND, TX 77584 · (281) 245-3210 · Brazoria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Texas public middle schools
- A-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.
- 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
16.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
287 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 235 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 272 | 35% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 57.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 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 | 79.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Nolan Ryan Junior High School
Nolan Ryan Junior High School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Ryan Junior High School this school | 777 | 36.9% | 56.4% |
| Mary Lillard I S MANSFIELD | 740 | 32.0% | 60.3% |
| Danny Jones Middle School MANSFIELD | 812 | 32.8% | 62.1% |
| Billy Baines Middle School MISSOURI CITY | 1,383 | 36.1% | 51.4% |
| Alma Martinez Intermediate School MANSFIELD | 930 | 34.6% | 58.3% |
| Manvel Junior High School MANVEL | 705 | 43.3% | 49.2% |
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 Nolan Ryan Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #324 of 1,635 | #8 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #290 of 1,670 ▲ 11 | #10 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #127 of 1,670 ▲ 53 | #4 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #148 of 1,570 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #605 of 1,749 | #10 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,172 of 1,542 | #16 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #58 of 1,543 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #1,372 of 1,648 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #149 of 942 | #2 of 12 |
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
777
-86 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 1,177
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 777 | 47.8 | 16.3:1 | 37% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 51.1 | 15.6:1 | 37% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 850 | 48.1 | 17.7:1 | 37% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 50 | 17.3:1 | 33% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 1,099 | 63.9 | 17.2:1 | 21% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 63 | 16.4:1 | 20% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 1,177 | 64 | 18.4:1 | 40% (474) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nolan Ryan Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,099 to 777); teachers down 25% (63.9 to 47.8).
About Nolan Ryan Junior High School
The public middle school Nolan Ryan Junior High School is located in PEARLAND, Texas. The school counts 777 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
The 37 schools in ALVIN ISD enroll 30,038 students altogether, Nolan Ryan Junior High School among them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Nolan Ryan Junior High School. The largest is Black students, at 41%. Other students are 21% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Black share among all Brazoria County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school's lunch program data list 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
Nolan Ryan Junior High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Nolan Ryan Junior High School would score about 57.9%. It scores 56.4%, 1.6 points below that figure.
Among Brazoria County residents, the median household income is $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Nolan Ryan Junior High School is one of 115 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Nolan Ryan Junior High School is Mary Burks Marek Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Nolan Ryan Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 64.4% proficiency; Nolan Ryan Junior High School posts 56.4%.
Nolan Ryan Junior High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 86 students since 2020-21, to 777. The school's ratio fell from 17.3:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Nolan Ryan Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVIN ISD
- Alvin High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Manvel High SchoolHigh · 2,238 students
- Iowa Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Rodeo Palms Junior High SchoolMiddle · 842 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Burks Marek Elementary School0.1 mi · 762
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School1.3 mi · 678
- Shirley Dill Brothers Elementary School1.6 mi · 665
- Glenn York Elementary School1.8 mi · 758
- Challenger Elementary School1.9 mi · 614
- Almeda Elementary School2.0 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Nolan Ryan Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nolan Ryan Junior High School?
Nolan Ryan Junior High School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Nolan Ryan Junior High School serve?
Nolan Ryan Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Nolan Ryan Junior High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Nolan Ryan Junior High School.
How diverse is Nolan Ryan Junior High School?
Nolan Ryan Junior High School reports a student body of 12% White, 20% Hispanic, 41% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Nolan Ryan Junior High School?
Nolan Ryan Junior High School is overseen by ALVIN ISD in Brazoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.