Manor Middle, Manor TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Manor Middle

Manor Middle serves grades six through eight in Manor, Texas, a fast-growing bedroom suburb roughly a dozen miles northeast of Austin. The school sits within Manor ISD, a district that has expanded rapidly alongside the community it serves.

The most consequential thing a family needs to know about this school right now is that its governance structure changed at the start of the 2025-26 school year. After years of low state accountability ratings, the Manor ISD board voted to bring in Third Future Schools as an outside operator under a Texas Senate Bill partnership. That operator controls hiring, curriculum, and instruction; the district still owns the building but has ceded nearly all day-to-day academic authority. Publicly reported progress reports cite measurable gains under this arrangement, though multi-year trend data is not yet available. Families zoned to this campus are, in practice, enrolling in a school run under a different instructional model than the rest of the district.

The state assessment results in the data reflect the period before that transition took full effect. Across every tested subject and grade level, the share of students reaching proficiency on the STAAR is very low, and the school sits in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Travis County on an overall proficiency index. In math, passing rates across the three middle grades range from very low to extremely low. Reading and writing results are similarly modest. Eighth-grade science and social studies proficiency rates are in the single to low double digits. A parent who wants to understand where the school stands academically heading into the new arrangement should ask the school directly about current-year results under Third Future Schools, since the data here predates that shift.

About three-quarters of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a substantial share that reflects the economic character of the surrounding community. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black students making up a sizable portion of enrollment, and smaller shares of white, Asian, and multiracial students. English learner and special education data were not available in the information provided.

The housing market in the zip code surrounding the school shows home values that currently sit above the Texas statewide benchmark and just below the national figure, though values have declined modestly over the past year. Rents are also softening. The rent-to-income ratio sits at a level that suggests housing remains accessible relative to income for many families, though affordability varies considerably by household. Manor overall is one of the more affordable entry points into the Austin metro, which continues to draw young families; the city is adding apartments, retail, and a major mixed-use civic complex that will include the community's first library.

On the district side, voters approved a tax rate election in late 2024 that funds staff raises, school safety, and mental health support, and that produces revenue not subject to state recapture. A separate bond package in November 2025 that would have funded safety upgrades, facility renovations, and technology failed at the ballot. The district has said it is reassessing those projects and deferring some work, so families should expect that facility needs on aging campuses, including Manor Middle, may not be addressed quickly.

What a family is actually evaluating here is a school in transition. The Third Future Schools arrangement is new enough that long-term outcomes are unknown, and the prior academic results were a reason for concern. The publicly reported early data suggests some upward movement, but a parent would reasonably want to visit the campus, ask detailed questions about the instructional model, and look for more recent assessment results before drawing conclusions about the school's current trajectory.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 614%

School 14% · District 17% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 74%

School 4% · District 6% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 14% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 34% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 20% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 26% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Science

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 20% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 19% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

This schoolMANOR 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-income24%Higher-income21%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income12%Higher-income24%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income19%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income14%Higher-income14%0 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income2%Higher-income9%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income15%6 pp gap