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Enrollment
779
Middle
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE STATION ISD·NCES 480735013424
Pecan Trail Intermediate School
4319 GREENS PRAIRIE TRAIL, COLLEGE STATION, TX 77845 · (979) 694-5874 · Brazos County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
17.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
196 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 381 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 398 | 51% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 22.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Pecan Trail Intermediate School
Pecan Trail Intermediate School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Trail Intermediate School this school | 779 | 25.2% | 69.9% |
| Wellborn Middle School COLLEGE STATION | 843 | 24.3% | 68.4% |
| Haggard Middle School PLANO | 707 | 21.9% | 60.0% |
| Smithfield Middle School NORTH RICHLAND HILL | 798 | 27.1% | 74.3% |
| Lamar Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 716 | 24.0% | 59.1% |
| Dowell Middle School MCKINNEY | 995 | 22.4% | 68.1% |
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 Pecan Trail Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #98 of 1,635 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #184 of 1,670 ▲ 5 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #242 of 1,670 ▼ 45 | #1 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #978 of 1,570 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #601 of 1,749 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,309 of 1,542 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #550 of 1,543 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #1,510 of 1,648 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.5% | #97 of 437 | N/A |
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
779
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 779 | 45.7 | 17.1:1 | 25% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 47.4 | 16.5:1 | 24% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 51.5 | 16.1:1 | 25% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 26% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 34.9 | 17.5:1 | 23% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pecan Trail Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (611 to 779); teachers up 31% (34.9 to 45.7).
About Pecan Trail Intermediate School
Pecan Trail Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in COLLEGE STATION, Texas, one of the schools in COLLEGE STATION ISD. A federal count lists 779 students at the school, in grades 5 through 6. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 21% larger than that.
COLLEGE STATION ISD runs 21 schools with a combined 14,314 students. Pecan Trail Intermediate School is one of them.
Pecan Trail Intermediate School's enrollment is 60% White. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Brazos County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. The chance that two students picked at random at Pecan Trail Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Pecan Trail Intermediate School employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That ratio is over the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 25% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 60% average for public schools in Brazos County.
allk12 grades Pecan Trail Intermediate School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 62.9% for a school in Texas with Pecan Trail Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pecan Trail Intermediate School posts 69.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Brazos County show that median household income is about $58,553, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 53 public schools in Brazos County, with a combined enrollment of about 32,430.
The nearest other public school, Greens Prairie Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pecan Trail Intermediate School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Pecan Trail Intermediate School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Pecan Trail Intermediate School had 764 students in 2020-21 and 779 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Discussions about Pecan Trail Intermediate School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLEGE STATION ISD
- College Station High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- A & M Cons High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Wellborn Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Oakwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- A & M Consolidated Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
Other schools in COLLEGE STATION
- College Station High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- A & M Cons High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Wellborn Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Iltexas College Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 799 students
- Oakwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Greens Prairie Elementary School0.2 mi · 510
- Wellborn Middle School0.4 mi · 843
- Spring Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 696
- Forest Ridge2.5 mi · 489
- College Station High School2.6 mi · 2,226
- Creek View Elementary School3.4 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Pecan Trail Intermediate SchoolHow large is Pecan Trail Intermediate School?
Pecan Trail Intermediate School enrolls approximately 779 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Pecan Trail Intermediate School serve?
Pecan Trail Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Pecan Trail Intermediate School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Pecan Trail Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Pecan Trail Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Pecan Trail Intermediate School are roughly 60% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pecan Trail Intermediate School in?
Pecan Trail Intermediate School is part of COLLEGE STATION ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.