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What's the one class at WOODRIDGE FOREST MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,371
Middle
DISTRICT 1,054 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW CANEY ISD·NCES 483240012876
Woodridge Forest Middle School
4540 WOODRIDGE PKWY, PORTER, TX 77365 · (281) 577-8600 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,371 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- C-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
17.6:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
855 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 457 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 445 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 469 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Woodridge Forest Middle School
Woodridge Forest Middle School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodridge Forest Middle School this school | 1,371 | 62.4% | 40.2% |
| Schultz Junior High School WALLER | 1,194 | 59.6% | 41.6% |
| Kitty Hawk Middle School UNIVERSAL CITY | 1,062 | 59.6% | 40.9% |
| Brewer Middle School WHITE SETTLEMENT | 1,500 | 62.9% | 37.6% |
| Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School GARLAND | 1,056 | 63.1% | 50.2% |
| E F Green Junior School BAYTOWN | 1,095 | 64.2% | 43.4% |
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 Woodridge Forest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #935 of 1,635 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,205 of 1,670 ▼ 52 | #23 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,094 of 1,670 ▼ 138 | #22 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #1,208 of 1,570 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,371 | #50 of 1,749 | #5 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,381 of 1,542 | #29 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #380 of 1,543 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #890 of 1,648 | #12 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +62.8% | #23 of 437 | #1 of 11 |
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
1,371
+290 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,371 | 78.1 | 17.6:1 | 62% (855) |
| 2023-24 | 1,309 | 76.7 | 17.1:1 | 61% (805) |
| 2022-23 | 1,288 | 69.6 | 18.5:1 | 64% (829) |
| 2020-21 | 1,081 | 62 | 17.4:1 | 56% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 56.5 | 14.9:1 | 56% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 54% (397) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodridge Forest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 63% (842 to 1,371); teachers up 38% (56.5 to 78.1).
About Woodridge Forest Middle School
Woodridge Forest Middle School is the name of a large middle school in PORTER, Texas. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,371 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 113% bigger than average.
Woodridge Forest Middle School is one school in NEW CANEY ISD, a system of 20 schools with 19,420 students.
At Woodridge Forest Middle School, 53% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 23% White, 15% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 28% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Woodridge Forest Middle School scores 64%.
Woodridge Forest Middle School reported 78.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.6:1. The school's 17.6:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 62% of students at Woodridge Forest Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Woodridge Forest Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Texas public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Woodridge Forest Middle School would be expected to post about 47.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.2%.
For the population of Montgomery County, the median household earns about $97,701 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Montgomery County, 160 public schools serve about 134,595 students.
Kingwood Park High School sits about 0.8 miles from Woodridge Forest Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Woodridge Forest Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 27%, from 1,081 to 1,371.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW CANEY ISD
- New Caney High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- Porter High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- West Fork High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Keefer Crossing Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,271 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 911 students
Other schools in PORTER
- Porter High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Sorters Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 838 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Bens Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Robert Crippen Elementary SchoolElementary · 809 students
Nearby schools
- Kingwood Park High School0.8 mi · 1,884
- Porter Elementary School1.2 mi · 931
- Woodland Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 550
- Elm Grove Elementary School1.6 mi · 608
- Kingwood Middle School1.8 mi · 973
- Kings Manor Elementary School1.8 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolHow many students attend Woodridge Forest Middle School?
Woodridge Forest Middle School enrolls approximately 1,371 students in grades 06-08.
Is Woodridge Forest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodridge Forest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Woodridge Forest Middle School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Woodridge Forest Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Woodridge Forest Middle School?
Student demographics at Woodridge Forest Middle School are roughly 23% White, 53% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Woodridge Forest Middle School public or private?
Woodridge Forest Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW CANEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.