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Enrollment
352
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002615
Williams Middle School
6100 KNOX ST, HOUSTON, TX 77091 · (713) 696-2600 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
351 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 112 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +44.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Williams Middle School
Williams Middle School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Middle School this school | 352 | 99.7% | 24.0% |
| John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes DALLAS | 324 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Dunbar College Preparatory Academy LUBBOCK | 390 | 96.9% | 19.4% |
| KIPP Truth Academy DALLAS | 440 | 98.2% | 23.7% |
| Boude Storey Middle School DALLAS | 379 | 97.6% | 29.4% |
| West Dallas Junior High School DALLAS | 353 | 97.5% | 23.1% |
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 Williams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,537 of 1,635 | #208 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #439 of 1,670 ▲ 1,074 | #52 of 219 ▲ 153 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,043 of 1,670 ▲ 546 | #132 of 219 ▲ 79 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.5pp | #51 of 1,570 | #6 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #1,334 of 1,749 | #203 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #252 of 1,542 | #32 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #794 of 1,543 | #102 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #8 of 1,648 | #5 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #137 of 942 | #31 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
352
-139 (-28%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 352 | 28.2 | 12.5:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 37 | 10.6:1 | 97% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 36.3 | 11.3:1 | 98% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 33.6 | 15.1:1 | 89% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 86% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 51% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 745 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 81% (606) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (506 to 352); teachers down 16% (33.6 to 28.2).
About Williams Middle School
Williams Middle School is a public low-enrollment middle school in HOUSTON, Texas. The latest federal count shows 352 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 45% smaller than average.
The 273 schools of HOUSTON ISD, including Williams Middle School, enroll 176,727 students.
At Williams Middle School, Hispanic students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 42% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 11 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Williams Middle School, 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.5:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
allk12 grades Williams Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Williams Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 31.1%. Williams Middle School scores 24.0%, 7.1 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
Highland Hts Elementary School is located about 0.4 miles from Williams Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Williams Middle School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Williams Middle School's enrollment dropped 28%, to 352.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
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- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Williams Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Williams Middle. Williams Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Williams MiddleFlorence, SC · 792 students
- Williams Middle SchoolHuntsville, AL · 659 students
- Williams Middle SchoolDavenport, IA · 577 students
- Williams MiddleLongmeadow, MA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Hts Elementary School0.4 mi · 441
- Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell0.6 mi · 151
- Wesley Elementary School0.6 mi · 291
- Anderson Academy1.1 mi · 568
- Drew Academy1.3 mi · 363
- Durham Elementary School1.3 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Williams Middle SchoolHow many students attend Williams Middle School?
Williams Middle School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Williams Middle School serve?
Williams Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Williams Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Williams Middle School is approximately 12.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Williams Middle School?
At Williams Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Williams Middle School in?
Williams Middle School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.