SPRING OAKS MIDDLE

SPRING OAKS MIDDLE is one of the mid-tier intermediate schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under SPRING BRANCH ISD, with 565 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

SPRING OAKS MIDDLE is one of 46 schools operated by SPRING BRANCH ISD, a district that caters to 33,793 students overall.

Demographically, SPRING OAKS MIDDLE reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, SPRING OAKS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. SPRING OAKS MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

THE TIGER TRAIL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SPRING OAKS MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.