SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE

SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE, a heavily attended junior high in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING BRANCH ISD, serves 1,137 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 77% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

SPRING BRANCH ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,793 students; SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 61.5%, a residual of +3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: MEMORIAL H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,112 students in 2018 compared to 1,137 in 2025.

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