Giddings Middle, Giddings TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Giddings Middle

Giddings Middle serves students in grades six through eight in Giddings, a small rural county-seat community in Central Texas positioned between Austin and Houston. The school is part of Giddings ISD, a compact district in Lee County.

The student body reflects the composition of the surrounding area. A substantial share of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The largest racial or ethnic group is Hispanic, followed by a substantial share of white students, with smaller numbers of Black, Asian, and other students.

Academic performance shows a pattern of particular strength in English language arts and science at the eighth-grade level, with proficiency in those subjects running above the midpoint. English language arts proficiency overall across all grades is solidly grounded. Mathematics performance is uneven by grade. Sixth-grade math proficiency is notably low; seventh-grade improves appreciably; eighth-grade math proficiency reaches about the midpoint. Social studies, tested only at eighth grade, shows very low proficiency. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it below the midpoint among districts in Lee County.

The middle grades show a trajectory worth noting. Eighth graders demonstrate substantially stronger proficiency than sixth graders across both English language arts and math, suggesting either learning gains as students progress through the school or a composition difference between grades. Parents may want to discuss with the school what supports or instruction account for this shift, and whether sixth-grade students who enter at lower proficiency levels receive targeted intervention.

The school building sits on the north side of town along with other Giddings ISD campuses, part of a cluster separate from the historic downtown. The community is described as small-town and rural, with a walkable historic downtown anchored by the Lee County Courthouse and a renovated railroad depot complex, though most everyday life is car-dependent. The Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center is a civic anchor hosting community programs.

Giddings is positioned as a growing area marketed on relatively affordable housing and land between two fast-growing metros. Home values and housing costs remain modest compared to Austin and Houston. Major employers include the Giddings State Juvenile Correctional Facility, manufacturing (Altman Plants, Kaemark salon furniture, Cargill animal-feed processing), and state agencies. The town has a heritage tied to German, Jewish, and Wendish settlers.

For the 2025-26 school year, Giddings ISD implemented a bell-to-bell ban on student personal communication devices under state law, a change that affects daily school life. The district also shifted to opt-in parental consent for sex education and certain medical services on campus under state parental-rights law effective the same year. The district's adopted tax rate for 2025-26 is relatively low, and the district carries modest tax-supported debt.

State assessment data was available for 2024-25. Participation rates for the assessments were not reported in the data provided, so a parent may want to clarify testing participation with the school. No historical trend data comparing prior years to current performance was available; only the current school year's results are shown.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

even with state median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 15 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Science

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 9 pts below state median

This schoolGIDDINGS 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 6Lower-income50%Higher-income64%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income29%Higher-income56%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income45%Higher-income66%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income10%Higher-income21%11 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income43%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income67%14 pp gap