1
Enrollment
728
Middle
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444005791
Sam Jamison Middle School
2506 WOODY RD, PEARLAND, TX 77581 · (281) 412-1440 · Brazoria County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
393 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 339 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 389 | 53% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 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 | 38.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 29.0% | 33.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Sam Jamison Middle School
Sam Jamison Middle School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Jamison Middle School this school | 728 | 54.0% | 50.5% |
| Pearland J H South PEARLAND | 764 | 53.1% | 54.3% |
| Frankford Middle School DALLAS | 839 | 53.3% | 42.0% |
| Park Crest Middle School PFLUGERVILLE | 682 | 49.7% | 45.0% |
| STEM Academy at Griffin Middle School THE COLONY | 697 | 52.9% | 38.4% |
| Pfc Robert P Hernandez Middle School ROUND ROCK | 572 | 52.1% | 38.8% |
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 Sam Jamison Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #492 of 1,635 | #13 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #620 of 1,670 ▼ 7 | #16 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #379 of 1,670 ▲ 17 | #12 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,077 of 1,570 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #698 of 1,749 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #534 of 1,542 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #341 of 1,543 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #1,071 of 1,648 | #11 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #613 of 942 | #10 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
728
-158 (-18%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,077
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 728 | 52.8 | 13.8:1 | 54% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 51.4 | 15.3:1 | 54% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 48.6 | 15.5:1 | 53% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 886 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 46% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 49.3 | 16.5:1 | 37% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 38% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 33% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 20% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 1,077 | 43 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Jamison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (814 to 728); teachers up 7% (49.3 to 52.8).
About Sam Jamison Middle School
Sam Jamison Middle School is a mid-sized middle school located in PEARLAND, Texas. The school covers grades 5 through 6 and reported 728 students in 2024-25.
Sam Jamison Middle School reports to PEARLAND ISD, which has 24 schools and 20,862 students.
About 52% of the student body at Sam Jamison Middle School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 22% White, 18% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 32% of Brazoria County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Teacher count: 52.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 14.4:1. Roughly 54% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sam Jamison Middle School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.5% actual, 50.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider Brazoria County area, the median household earns about $97,993 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Brazoria County, 115 public schools serve about 75,767 students.
H C Carleston Elementary School is the nearest public school to Sam Jamison Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Sam Jamison Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Sam Jamison Middle School is behind the 61.9% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 886 (2020-21) to 728 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- H C Carleston Elementary School1.0 mi · 714
- Horizon Montessori Pearland - STEM Academy1.1 mi · 216
- Pearland J H West1.3 mi · 941
- Leon H Sablatura Middle School1.3 mi · 878
- Magnolia Elementary School1.3 mi · 703
- Pace Center1.4 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Jamison Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sam Jamison Middle School?
Sam Jamison Middle School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades 05-06.
Is Sam Jamison Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sam Jamison Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Sam Jamison Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Sam Jamison Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Sam Jamison Middle School?
Student demographics at Sam Jamison Middle School are roughly 22% White, 52% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sam Jamison Middle School in?
Sam Jamison Middle School is part of PEARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.