Webb Middle, Austin TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Webb Middle

Webb Middle serves students in sixth through eighth grade in Austin, Texas, as part of Austin ISD. The school enrolls a student body that is substantially composed of Hispanic students, with smaller shares of Black, white, and Asian students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that Webb serves a community facing significant economic hardship.

State test results for 2024-25 show persistently low proficiency across all tested subjects and grade levels. In math, proficiency rates range from very low in sixth and seventh grade to low in eighth grade. English language arts shows slightly stronger results, particularly at the eighth-grade level, but proficiency remains modest across the grade band. Science and social studies proficiency rates at eighth grade are also low. Within the tested districts of Travis County, Webb ranks in the bottom quartile overall for proficiency across tested subjects and grades, meaning performance falls well below the midpoint and majority of comparable schools in the county.

The data shows no measurement of chronic absenteeism or graduation outcomes because Webb serves only middle grades, which are not assessed on those metrics. Participation rates in testing were not reported.

Austin as a whole is experiencing rapid residential growth and has become a major employment center for technology, semiconductors, and state government, with substantial ongoing construction and housing development. Housing values in the area have declined modestly in recent months. At the district level, Austin ISD has faced a decade of enrollment decline and an ongoing structural budget deficit, leading the board to approve a school consolidation plan in November 2025 that will close ten schools before the 2026-27 school year, including reassignments for a substantial number of students.

Webb Middle's academic profile represents a school serving a high-poverty, predominantly Hispanic community where students are working significantly below state proficiency benchmarks. A parent considering this school, or a family assigned here, may want to inquire directly with the school about literacy and math support structures, whether intervention programs are in place for students not meeting grade-level standards, and how teachers are approaching the gap between current proficiency and grade-level expectations. The broader district context of consolidation and budget pressures may also be worth exploring with school leadership to understand what instructional or staffing changes might be on the horizon.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 67%

School 7% · District 35% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 71%

School 1% · District 21% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 47% · ▼ 41 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 55% · ▼ 42 pts below district

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 53% · ▼ 38 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 58% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Science

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 49% · ▼ 37 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 34% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

This schoolAUSTIN ISD, 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 8Lower-income20%Higher-income60%40 pp gap