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What's something PINE VALLEY MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
741
Middle
DISTRICT 1,054 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW CANEY ISD·NCES 483240012981
Pine Valley Middle School
22784 HWY 59 S, PORTER, TX 77365 · (281) 577-4300 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
569 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 249 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 32% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 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 up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Pine Valley Middle School
Pine Valley Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley Middle School this school | 741 | 76.8% | 34.7% |
| Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High School DICKINSON | 877 | 75.5% | 46.3% |
| Briesemeister Middle School SEGUIN | 798 | 75.1% | 33.1% |
| White Oak Middle School PORTER | 833 | 72.9% | 32.3% |
| Veterans Memorial Intermediate School CONROE | 767 | 82.0% | 40.1% |
| Grangerland Intermediate School CONROE | 559 | 78.5% | 30.0% |
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 Pine Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,183 of 1,635 | #25 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,259 of 1,670 ▼ 39 | #24 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,493 of 1,670 ▼ 12 | #31 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #1,209 of 1,570 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #673 of 1,749 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #640 of 1,542 | #5 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #838 of 1,543 | #25 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #582 of 1,648 | #5 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #734 of 942 | #9 of 14 |
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
741
-246 (-25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
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 | 741 | 52.3 | 14.2:1 | 77% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 58.9 | 12.8:1 | 78% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 57.5 | 13.5:1 | 77% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 73% (720) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 55.8 | 14.2:1 | 67% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 64% (436) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (795 to 741); teachers down 6% (55.8 to 52.3).
About Pine Valley Middle School
Students in PORTER, Texas, attend Pine Valley Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 741 students.
NEW CANEY ISD oversees Pine Valley Middle School and 19 other schools, with 19,420 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Pine Valley Middle School is Hispanic: 64%. The remaining shares are 26% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pine Valley Middle School, giving a ratio of 14.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. By family income, 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 48%.
Test results at Pine Valley Middle School are 6.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.7% actual, 40.9% predicted).
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,701, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County's 160 public schools enroll about 134,595 students and include Pine Valley Middle School.
About 0.3 miles separate Pine Valley Middle School from the closest public school, Valley Ranch Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pine Valley Middle School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 987 to 741, a 25% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.2:1) than in 2020-21 (17.3:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW CANEY ISD
- New Caney High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- Porter High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,371 students
- West Fork High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Keefer Crossing Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,271 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
Other schools in PORTER
- Porter High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,371 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Sorters Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 838 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Bens Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
Other Pine Valley Middle schools
One other US public school is named Pine Valley Middle. Pine Valley Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pine Valley MiddleSan Ramon, CA · 973 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Ranch Elementary School0.3 mi · 790
- Oakley Elementary School0.8 mi · 816
- New Caney High School1.3 mi · 2,226
- Porter Elementary School1.7 mi · 931
- Bens Branch Elementary School1.8 mi · 812
- White Oak Middle School1.9 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pine Valley Middle School?
Pine Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 741 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pine Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pine Valley Middle School have?
Pine Valley Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Pine Valley Middle School?
Pine Valley Middle School reports a student body of 26% White, 64% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Valley Middle School?
Pine Valley Middle School is overseen by NEW CANEY ISD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.