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ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE
Set in WILLIS, Texas, ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE is a big 6-8 campus, operated by WILLIS ISD. It hosts 1,179 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% bigger than the state mean of about 643.
ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE is one of 12 schools operated by WILLIS ISD, a district that hosts 9,313 students overall.
Demographically, ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 33% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE records 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.
In the area at large, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $97,701, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: W LLOYD MEADOR EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.0%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE has increased 33%, going from 889 students in 2018 to 1,179 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 59% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.
On the community side, members of the ROBERT P BRABHAM MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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