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TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE
TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE is a high-enrollment intermediate school in HUMBLE, Texas, operated by HUMBLE ISD. The school instructs 1,023 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.
HUMBLE ISD runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 48,502 students. TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 22% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: HUMBLE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 1,585 (now 1,023). The White share of enrollment edged down from 39% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for TIMBERWOOD MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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