The top reported proficiency rate is 78% in English language arts. The lowest is 55% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Northpointe Int
Northpointe Intermediate is a fifth-and-sixth-grade campus within Tomball ISD, sitting on Northpointe Boulevard in the zip code that also serves Tomball Memorial High School, in unincorporated Harris County just south of the city of Tomball. It is a mid-sized intermediate school for its grade band, drawing students from a fast-growing residential corridor along the Grand Parkway.
On the most recent STAAR results, the school performs well. Reading and language arts proficiency across both grades lands in the high-seventies, and math is close behind, with both subjects placing the school in the top quartile relative to districts across Harris County. Nearly all students reach the "approaches grade level" threshold in math and ELA, which speaks to broad baseline coverage. Science at fifth grade is the one area where results trail the others, with a little more than half of students meeting the proficient mark, a gap worth asking the school about directly. Social studies, tested in sixth grade, falls between the science and ELA results. The share of students reaching the highest "masters grade level" tier sits at roughly two-fifths in ELA and math, suggesting a solid ceiling of advanced performance alongside strong overall participation. Because only one year of data is in hand, trend direction is not yet available.
The student body is a mix. White students make up the plurality, with Hispanic students the next largest group, followed by Asian students and Black students, and a share identifying as two or more races. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is on the lower end for a Harris County school. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in the records reviewed.
The broader community context matters here. Tomball itself is a place with a walkable historic downtown anchored by a railroad depot plaza, but the areas surrounding Northpointe Intermediate are suburban and car-oriented, built out alongside new master-planned communities that have been arriving steadily along the Grand Parkway corridor. Publicly reported sources describe the Tomball-Magnolia area as one of the faster-growing suburban zones in the Houston region, with large new neighborhoods and commercial development continuing to reshape the landscape. Home values in this zip code run above the Texas state benchmark and are roughly in line with national figures, though they have edged slightly down year over year. Rents have moved in a similar direction. Harris County as a whole has seen rising inventory and homes sitting on the market somewhat longer than a year ago, suggesting buyers have more room to negotiate than in recent years.
Tomball ISD has been actively investing in its infrastructure. Voters approved a substantial bond package in 2021 and then another in 2025, with the latter specifically funding a replacement building for Tomball Intermediate, a new Pre-K center, career and technical education renovations, and safety upgrades across the district. Families entering the feeder pattern that runs through Northpointe Intermediate will eventually have access to expanded facilities. The district has also been building out early-college pathways at the high school level, including P-TECH programs in partnership with Lone Star College that allow students to earn an associate degree alongside a diploma at no cost. Those options are high school programs, so they are still years away for current Northpointe students, but they reflect where the district is directing its academic growth.
A graduation rate does not apply here since Northpointe serves only fifth and sixth grade. No information was available on AP or dual-credit access, discipline data, attendance rates, or staffing ratios at the campus level.
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