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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 912 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025001993
WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE
12947 MYRTLE LN, HOUSTON, TX 77015 · (832) 386-4700 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
570
+36 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.8:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
94%
was 90%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On allk12, the feed for WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 H SHigh · 1,815 students
- NORTH SHORE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,299 students
- COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUSMiddle · 991 students
- NORTH SHORE ELElementary · 965 students
- GALENA PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 896 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND ACRES EL0.1 mi · 458
- PYBURN EL1.2 mi · 454
- HARRIS R P EL1.3 mi · 383
- CIMARRON EL1.3 mi · 669
- NORMANDY CROSSING EL1.3 mi · 596
- THE VARNETT SCHOOL - EAST1.5 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLEHow many students attend WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE?
WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
Is WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE have?
WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE?
Student demographics at WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE?
WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE 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.