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Enrollment
778
Middle
DISTRICT 792 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004697
Spring Woods Middle School
9810 NEUENS, HOUSTON, TX 77080 · (713) 251-5000 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
765 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 6 | 258 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 252 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 34% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Woods Middle School
Spring Woods Middle School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Woods Middle School this school | 778 | 98.3% | 27.8% |
| L V Stockard Middle School DALLAS | 728 | 97.3% | 37.3% |
| Piedmont Global Academy DALLAS | 692 | 98.6% | 35.1% |
| Francisco Pancho Medrano Junior High School DALLAS | 669 | 99.9% | 33.8% |
| Riverside Middle School FORT WORTH | 739 | 93.4% | 24.6% |
| Ortiz Middle School HOUSTON | 772 | 95.1% | 37.0% |
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 Woods Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,456 of 1,635 | #196 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,453 of 1,670 ▼ 144 | #198 of 219 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,440 of 1,670 ▲ 118 | #195 of 219 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #629 of 1,570 | #97 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #604 of 1,749 | #124 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #348 of 1,542 | #48 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #1,272 of 1,543 | #179 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #30 of 1,648 | #12 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #594 of 942 | #101 of 145 |
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
778
-123 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,104
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 778 | 59.7 | 13.0:1 | 98% (765) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 59.1 | 12.3:1 | 96% (697) |
| 2022-23 | 814 | 57.4 | 14.2:1 | 92% (750) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | 68 | 13.3:1 | 92% (829) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 65.4 | 13.4:1 | 83% (724) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 63 | 15.1:1 | 87% (826) |
| 2010-11 | 850 | 64 | 13.3:1 | 90% (769) |
| 2000-01 | 816 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 79% (643) |
| 1990-91 | 1,104 | 65 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Woods Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (876 to 778); teachers down 9% (65.4 to 59.7).
About Spring Woods Middle School
As a mid-sized middle school, Spring Woods Middle School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas. Total enrollment is 778 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 21% more students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
SPRING BRANCH ISD has a total of 46 schools and 33,793 students, Spring Woods Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Spring Woods Middle School is 87% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% Black and 4% White. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Spring Woods Middle School totals 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Spring Woods Middle School is about 98%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
A school with Spring Woods Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 31.7%. Spring Woods Middle School scores 27.8%, 3.9 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Spring Woods Middle School.
The closest school to Spring Woods Middle School is Pine Shadows Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Spring Woods Middle School's average proficiency of 27.8% compares with 36.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Spring Woods Middle School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 778, compared with 901 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Spring Woods Middle School. 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 BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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
- Pine Shadows Elementary School0.2 mi · 859
- Northbrook High School0.6 mi · 2,398
- Spring Woods High School0.9 mi · 2,020
- Spring Shadows Elementary School0.9 mi · 532
- The Tiger Trail School1.0 mi · 286
- Buffalo Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Woods Middle SchoolHow large is Spring Woods Middle School?
Spring Woods Middle School enrolls approximately 778 students in grades 06-08.
Is Spring Woods Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Woods Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Spring Woods Middle School have?
Spring Woods Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Spring Woods Middle School?
Spring Woods Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Woods Middle School?
Spring Woods Middle School is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.