Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122013719
Spring Leadership Academy
12625 RIVER LAUREL DR, HOUSTON, TX 77014 · (281) 891-8050 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
389 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 206 | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 23% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 34.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Spring Leadership Academy
Spring Leadership Academy's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Leadership Academy this school | 502 | 77.5% | 46.5% |
| Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School GRAND PRAIRIE | 465 | 77.8% | 30.9% |
| IDEA Edgecliff College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 604 | 78.8% | 50.5% |
| Woodlake Hills Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 451 | 75.4% | 34.7% |
| Uplift Summit Prep Middle School ARLINGTON | 509 | 84.3% | 33.4% |
| Manor Middle School MANOR | 565 | 79.6% | 15.5% |
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 Spring Leadership Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #638 of 1,635 | #75 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,166 of 1,670 ▼ 102 | #160 of 219 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #628 of 1,670 ▲ 297 | #63 of 219 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,136 of 1,570 | #163 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,094 of 1,749 | #176 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,174 of 1,542 | #150 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #744 of 1,543 | #97 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #572 of 1,648 | #136 of 221 |
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
502
+101 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 502 | 30.9 | 16.3:1 | 77% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 34.9 | 11.6:1 | 85% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 30.8 | 10.5:1 | 84% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 91% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Leadership Academy.
About Spring Leadership Academy
Spring Leadership Academy is a middle-grades school with a street address in HOUSTON, Texas. Federal data show 502 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
Spring Leadership Academy reports to SPRING ISD, which has 42 schools and 33,678 students.
The largest group at Spring Leadership Academy is Hispanic students, at 60%. Other groups make up 30% Black, 4% White, and 3% Native American. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Staffing at Spring Leadership Academy comes to 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Spring Leadership Academy counts 77% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Texas public middle schools, Spring Leadership Academy outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.6% for Spring Leadership Academy. The school posts 46.5%, 5.9 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Spring Leadership Academy's closest public school neighbor is Clark Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Spring Leadership Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Spring Leadership Academy ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 101 students, from 401 to 502. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Spring Leadership Academy can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Elementary School0.1 mi · 828
- IDEA Spears Academy0.5 mi · 728
- IDEA Spears College Preparatory0.5 mi · 617
- Heritage Elementary School0.7 mi · 807
- Deloras E Thompson Elementary School1.0 mi · 634
- Hoyland Elementary School1.0 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Spring Leadership Academy?
Spring Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 06-08.
Is Spring Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Leadership Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Spring Leadership Academy?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Spring Leadership Academy.
How diverse is Spring Leadership Academy?
Spring Leadership Academy reports a student body of 4% White, 60% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Spring Leadership Academy in?
Spring Leadership Academy is part of SPRING ISD.
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