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If you had an hour of school board time for QUEENS INT, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
526
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003842
Queens Intermediate School
1452 QUEENS ST, PASADENA, TX 77017 · (713) 740-0470 · Harris County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
454 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 7 | 264 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 50% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 34.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 11.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Queens Intermediate School
Queens Intermediate School's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Intermediate School this school | 526 | 86.3% | 38.7% |
| Woodland Acres Middle School HOUSTON | 570 | 87.7% | 49.2% |
| Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle School MERCEDES | 518 | 85.9% | 28.6% |
| Kingsborough Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 542 | 85.1% | 31.4% |
| KIPP Intrepid Preparatory HOUSTON | 509 | 88.8% | 31.0% |
| Salvador Sanchez Middle School EL PASO | 544 | 88.2% | 49.5% |
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 Queens Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,004 of 1,635 | #124 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #822 of 1,670 ▲ 99 | #114 of 219 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,228 of 1,670 ▼ 17 | #157 of 219 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #822 of 1,570 | #122 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #1,051 of 1,749 | #165 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #487 of 1,542 | #67 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #1,390 of 1,543 | #204 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #362 of 1,648 | #97 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #384 of 942 | #72 of 145 |
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
526
-94 (-15%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 852
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 526 | 38.7 | 13.6:1 | 86% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 36.1 | 15.8:1 | 84% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 93% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 94% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 45.9 | 14.1:1 | 86% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 87% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 12% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 67% (545) |
| 1990-91 | 852 | 47 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Queens Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (646 to 526); teachers down 16% (45.9 to 38.7).
About Queens Intermediate School
Among the schools in PASADENA, Texas, is Queens Intermediate School, a small middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 526 students.
Queens Intermediate School is one of 67 schools in PASADENA ISD, which enrolls 46,491 students in total.
Queens Intermediate School's enrollment is 95% Hispanic. Next come 2% White and 2% Black. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.6:1 comes from the school's 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 86% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Queens Intermediate School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Queens Intermediate School is Nelda Sullivan Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Queens Intermediate School is behind the 43.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 526, a 15% decrease from 620 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Queens Intermediate School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Nelda Sullivan Middle School0.4 mi · 479
- Williams Elementary School0.7 mi · 455
- Patterson Elementary School0.9 mi · 811
- Stevenson Middle School1.0 mi · 1,096
- South Shaver Elementary School1.1 mi · 527
- L F Smith Elementary School1.1 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Queens Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Queens Intermediate School?
Queens Intermediate School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 07-08.
Is Queens Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Queens Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Queens Intermediate School have?
Queens Intermediate School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Queens Intermediate School?
Queens Intermediate School reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Queens Intermediate School in?
Queens Intermediate School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.