{"id":55280,"date":"2025-07-10T22:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55280\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T22:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:52:23","slug":"best-public-middle-schools-in-the-houston-metro-area-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55280\/","title":{"rendered":"Best public middle schools in the Houston metro area | State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752187938_898_pixel.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Best public middle schools in the Houston metro area<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacker.com\/texas\/houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Houston metro area using data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Niche<\/a>. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture &amp; diversity grade, and parent \/ student surveys. You can read more about the methodology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/about\/methodology\/best-public-middle-schools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock657499621LZ3Vjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#10. Creekside Park Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>GUNDAM_Ai \/\/ Shutterstock#10. Creekside Park Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Tomball Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,173 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock2036186225OXU0jpg.JPEG\" title=\"#9. Tays Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Ground Picture \/\/ Shutterstock#9. Tays Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,467 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock203618620413FQjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#8. iSchool High at University Park\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Ground Picture \/\/ Shutterstock#8. iSchool High at University Park<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-12<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Texas College Preparatory Academies, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 420 (26:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock1767334010UGJUjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#7. Rodger &amp; Ellen Beck Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Gorodenkoff \/\/ Shutterstock#7. Rodger &amp; Ellen Beck Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,270 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock2490871677QXSOjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#6. Willow Wood Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Inside Creative House \/\/ Shutterstock#6. Willow Wood Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 7-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Tomball Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 844 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock24943419491Z9Fjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#5. Cinco Ranch Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Rido \/\/ Shutterstock#5. Cinco Ranch Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,500 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock2490871645NRIZjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#4. Beckendorff Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Inside Creative House \/\/ Shutterstock#4. Beckendorff Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,688 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock2266048155Z4WGjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#3. Seven Lakes Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/PeopleImages.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PeopleImages.com<\/a> &#8211; Yuri A \/\/ Shutterstock#3. Seven Lakes Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,607 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock2525328369IERZ.jpg\" title=\"#2. Garland McMeans Junior High School\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Rido \/\/ Shutterstock#2. Garland McMeans Junior High School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Katy Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 1,168 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/croppedshutterstock2490871755S7OIjpg.JPEG\" title=\"#1. Spring Branch Academic Institute\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Inside Creative House \/\/ Shutterstock#1. Spring Branch Academic Institute<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; School grades: K-12<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Location: Spring Branch Independent School District, TX<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enrollment: 148 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Niche grade: A+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best public middle schools in the Houston metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,13230,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-55280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-thestacker","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114831395622848216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}