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What's the vibe like in the hallways at QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE right now?
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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 1,216 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965007281
Quail Valley Middle School
3019 FM 1092, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 634-3600 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
431 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 330 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 338 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 33% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Quail Valley Middle School→Lawrence E Elkins High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 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 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 22.0% | 16.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 73.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Quail Valley Middle School
Quail Valley Middle School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Valley Middle School this school | 1,002 | 43.0% | 64.8% |
| Dulles Middle School SUGAR LAND | 1,254 | 55.1% | 57.4% |
| Otto Middle School PLANO | 936 | 39.6% | 62.0% |
| Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High School PEARLAND | 1,034 | 26.0% | 70.6% |
| Billy Baines Middle School MISSOURI CITY | 1,383 | 36.1% | 51.4% |
| STEM Academy at Creek Valley Middle School CARROLLTON | 572 | 31.6% | 57.1% |
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 Quail Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #160 of 1,635 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #236 of 1,670 ▲ 8 | #14 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #228 of 1,670 ▼ 24 | #17 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,148 of 1,570 | #24 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #277 of 1,749 | #24 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,400 of 1,542 | #23 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #31 of 1,543 | #7 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #1,267 of 1,648 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #488 of 942 | #7 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
1,002
-67 (-6%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 1,151
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,002 | 56.6 | 17.7:1 | 43% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 1,042 | 60.8 | 17.1:1 | 44% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 1,043 | 61.8 | 16.9:1 | 45% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 1,069 | 62 | 17.2:1 | 36% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 1,179 | 64.5 | 18.3:1 | 30% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 1,255 | 65 | 19.3:1 | 26% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 937 | 52 | 18.0:1 | 26% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 1,151 | 64 | 18.0:1 | 12% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quail Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,179 to 1,002); teachers down 12% (64.5 to 56.6).
About Quail Valley Middle School
Quail Valley Middle School runs as a large middle school in MISSOURI CITY, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,002 students. That puts enrollment 56% above the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
In FORT BEND ISD, 83 schools enroll a combined 79,663 students.
The biggest share of students at Quail Valley Middle School, 33%, is Asian. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. In Fort Bend County overall, about 22% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Quail Valley Middle School scores 74%.
With 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.7:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 43% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Fort Bend County is close, at 42%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Quail Valley Middle School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Quail Valley Middle School is 55.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.8%.
In Fort Bend County, median household income comes to about $114,041, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 217, with about 191,372 students.
Quail Valley Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Quail Valley Middle School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 67 students, from 1,069 to 1,002.
This page is set up for the Quail Valley Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in MISSOURI CITY
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
- Ronald Thornton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,760 students
- Thurgood Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,698 students
- Billy Baines Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,383 students
Other Quail Valley Middle schools
One other US public school is named Quail Valley Middle. Quail Valley Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Quail Valley MiddlePhelan, CA · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Quail Valley Elementary School0.8 mi · 584
- Lake Olympia Middle School1.2 mi · 1,078
- Austin Parkway Elementary School1.3 mi · 574
- Palmer Elementary School1.4 mi · 802
- Lexington Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 506
- Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Quail Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Quail Valley Middle School?
Quail Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Quail Valley Middle School serve?
Quail Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quail Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quail Valley Middle School is approximately 17.7:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quail Valley Middle School?
At Quail Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 24% Hispanic, 28% Black, 33% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Quail Valley Middle School?
Quail Valley Middle School is overseen by FORT BEND ISD in Fort Bend County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.