Quinn Campus Public Middle, Waco TX

Original Research by School Decision on Quinn Campus Public Middle

Quinn Campus Public Middle is a charter school serving grades five through eight in Waco. The school enrolls a small student body, with roughly a quarter from each of the lower middle grades and a somewhat smaller eighth-grade cohort. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The student body is majority Hispanic, with a significant Black population and a smaller white enrollment.

On state assessments, Quinn's results show meaningful variation by grade and subject. In English language arts, the school's performance strengthens as students progress: fifth and sixth graders show lower proficiency, but seventh graders reach a moderate threshold, and eighth graders perform at a higher level. Math proficiency is considerably weaker across all grades, with the lowest results appearing in seventh grade. Science performance also shows progression from fifth to eighth grade, with eighth graders reaching a moderate proficiency rate. Eighth-grade social studies results fall in the lower-to-moderate range. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among districts in McLennan County, a positioning that reflects the breadth of academic challenge facing the school's student population.

The pattern in these results suggests that Quinn's younger students arrive with substantial learning gaps and that the school is building proficiency as students move through the grades, with stronger gains visible in English language arts by eighth grade. Parents may want to look into the school's tutoring and intervention structures further with the school, particularly in math, where even eighth-grade results remain below the county median and underscore a persistent area of concern.

The school is part of Rapoport Academy Public School, a charter district that has made several notable investments in recent years. The district implemented free meals district-wide with no application required, a permanent cost-of-attendance benefit for all families. The charter also completed its first-ever competition gymnasium, a facility that matters for families weighing athletic opportunities. At the secondary level, Rapoport has built dual-credit and career-pathway offerings through partnerships with McLennan Community College and Texas State Technical College, positioning high schoolers to earn college credit and industry certifications alongside their diploma.

Waco itself is undergoing substantial downtown redevelopment led by the City and a master developer selected in 2024, with plans for a live-work-play district along mixed-use development, a new town center and convention center, and significant new residential and office construction already underway. Housing values in the zip code are below the Texas benchmark, though they have declined modestly year over year. The economic context includes a moderate unemployment rate and a household income above the national median, suggesting a mixed but stable backdrop for families in the area.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 712%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 23%

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolRAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income50%31 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income56%36 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income32%Higher-income60%28 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income43%Higher-income78%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income12%Higher-income32%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income38%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income8%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income24%Higher-income40%16 pp gap