Northbrook Middle, Houston TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Northbrook Middle

Northbrook Middle serves sixth through eighth grade in the northwest Houston area as a regular public school within Spring Branch ISD. The school enrolls a population that is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a very high share of students qualifying for free and reduced-price lunch. Economically, the school sits in a neighborhood where housing values are moderate and rents are affordable, though this is happening within a fast-growing Houston metro that continues to add residents and expand outward.

The most direct finding from state test data is that proficiency across all assessed subjects and grades is low. In math, students in sixth grade show the weakest results, with only a small share meeting the proficiency threshold; seventh grade improves slightly, and eighth grade shows further gains, suggesting that some students may build competency as they progress through middle school. Reading proficiency is similarly modest across all three grades, with around a quarter of students meeting standards. Eighth-grade science shows a somewhat higher proficiency rate than math or reading, while eighth-grade social studies has the lowest rate of any tested subject. At the broadest level, Northbrook sits in the bottom quartile among Harris County school districts when measured by overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades.

The data available does not include school climate information, attendance or discipline records, staffing details, or specific program offerings, so a parent seeking to understand the student environment, support services, or special curriculum would need to contact the school directly. Similarly, whether the school has language support, special education services, or enrichment programs is not in this dataset. The school's locale has mixed walkability; Houston itself is car-dependent overall, though some neighborhoods and districts have active pedestrian infrastructure, and the area around northwest Houston serves families working across the broad economic base of the metro.

For families considering Northbrook, the central question is academic support. The proficiency numbers show that substantially fewer than half of students are meeting grade-level standards in any subject, which a parent may want to discuss with the school directly. Understanding what intervention and acceleration pathways exist, how the school identifies and supports struggling learners, and what the school's academic plan is would be important steps before enrollment.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 612%

School 12% · District 51% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 18% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 59% · ▼ 29 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 626%

School 26% · District 60% · ▼ 34 pts below district

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

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 59% · ▼ 34 pts below district

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

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 59% · ▼ 34 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 55% · ▼ 26 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 36% · ▼ 24 pts below district

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

This schoolSPRING BRANCH 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-income30%Higher-income20%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income18%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income23%3 pp gap

Mathematics

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

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income20%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income26%7 pp gap