WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE

Located at 12947 MYRTLE LN, in HOUSTON, Texas, WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE is an average-sized junior high that hosts 570 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within GALENA PARK ISD.

Across the 26 schools in GALENA PARK ISD (20,862 students total), WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%); the rest looks like 3% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.6%; WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE posts 52.9%, +17.3 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: WOODLAND ACRES EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE has rose 7%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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