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Best Middle Schools In Texas

The 2020 best Texas middle schools lists on this page identify the traditional open enrollment, selective enrollment and charter middle schools that scored highest on the 2019 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) evaluations administered statewide by the Texas Education Agency.

Most of the schools listed in the complete Texas public middle schools rankings are open enrollment schools and a relatively few are magnet and charter schools. Clicking on these 2020 top Texas open enrollment middle schools, 2020 top Texas selective enrollment middle schools and 2020 top Texas charter middle schools jump links displays those ranking views.

Open enrollment middle schools

Of the 1,673 Texas public middle and junior high schools included in this analysis, 1,423 are traditional open enrollment schools which are operated by local independent schools districts and where the only requirement for admittance is student residency in the school's attendance area. The Texas open enrollment middle schools that rank highest in academic performance and the cities/towns they serve are shown below.

The data presented in this table can be sorted by clicking on the table headings. You also can limit the data display to a single school or school district by typing the name of a school or school district in the Search box. Additional performance and other information for middle schools located in the communities profiled on this website can be accessed by clicking on the name of the school.

2020 top Texas open enrollment middle schools

Selective enrollment middle schools

In addition to their open enrollment schools, a number of Texas school districts also operate selective enrollment schools. Selective enrollment schools provide career-oriented or specialized curriculum in addition to academic subjects, and admittance typically is based on students' previous academic performance and interests demonstrated in student interviews, auditions, essays, and other similar faculty assessments. As would be expected, since admission to selective enrollment schools generally is highly selective and limited, the average standardized test results of the selective enrollment schools generally are much higher than results attained by the open enrollment schools that their students otherwise would attend.

2020 top Texas selective enrollment middle schools

Charter middle schools

Generally speaking, any student can apply for admission to a Texas charter school, though the school's charter can specify certain restrictions. A typical example of this would be that a student must reside in a specific town or city in order to apply for admission. In most cases, the school's admissions policy also will describe its lottery process. A charter school must use a lottery process when the number of applications to the school exceeds the number of available spaces.

2020 top Texas charter middle schools

Source: Texas Education Agency

Similar Texas area elementary schools and high schools student performance ranked lists are available on these best Texas public elementary schools and best Texas public high schools pages. Rankings for school districts are shown on this best Texas school districts page.

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