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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 912 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025001993
Woodland Acres Middle School
12947 MYRTLE LN, HOUSTON, TX 77015 · (832) 386-4700 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
500 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 183 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 35% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 36.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Woodland Acres Middle School
Woodland Acres Middle School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Acres Middle School this school | 570 | 87.7% | 49.2% |
| Queens Intermediate School PASADENA | 526 | 86.3% | 38.7% |
| KIPP Intrepid Preparatory HOUSTON | 509 | 88.8% | 31.0% |
| Uplift Williams Prep Middle School DALLAS | 532 | 89.5% | 36.8% |
| San Jacinto Intermediate School PASADENA | 613 | 88.3% | 40.4% |
| Ricardo Estrada Middle School EL PASO | 592 | 88.7% | 34.5% |
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 Woodland Acres Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #531 of 1,635 | #59 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #188 of 1,670 ▲ 246 | #27 of 219 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #438 of 1,670 ▲ 349 | #51 of 219 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #585 of 1,570 | #89 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #979 of 1,749 | #154 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #567 of 1,542 | #81 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #1,381 of 1,543 | #201 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #315 of 1,648 | #87 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #295 of 437 | #28 of 41 |
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
570
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 88% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 43.5 | 13.4:1 | 85% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 44.8 | 13.5:1 | 85% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 83% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 33.8 | 15.8:1 | 81% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 83% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 86% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 82% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Acres Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (534 to 570); teachers up 21% (33.8 to 41).
About Woodland Acres Middle School
Woodland Acres Middle School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas, as a medium-sized middle school. The school counts 570 students across grades 6 through 8.
GALENA PARK ISD (26 schools, 20,862 students) runs Woodland Acres Middle School.
The student body at Woodland Acres Middle School is 94% Hispanic. Other groups include 3% Black. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. Woodland Acres Middle School's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 88% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Woodland Acres Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Woodland Acres Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.2% is 12.9 points above the 36.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Woodland Acres Middle School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The closest public school to Woodland Acres Middle School is Woodland Acres Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Woodland Acres Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Woodland Acres Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Woodland Acres Middle School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment at Woodland Acres Middle School was 569 in 2020-21 and 570 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Woodland Acres Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 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
- Woodland Acres Elementary School0.1 mi · 458
- Pyburn Elementary School1.2 mi · 454
- Harris R P Elementary School1.3 mi · 383
- Cimarron Elementary School1.3 mi · 669
- Normandy Crossing Elementary School1.3 mi · 596
- The Varnett School - East1.5 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Acres Middle SchoolHow many students attend Woodland Acres Middle School?
Woodland Acres Middle School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
Is Woodland Acres Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodland Acres Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Woodland Acres Middle School have?
Woodland Acres Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodland Acres Middle School?
Student demographics at Woodland Acres Middle School are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodland Acres Middle School?
Woodland Acres Middle School is overseen by GALENA PARK ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.