Deady Middle School
Public middle school in Houston, Texas · Houston ISD · Grades 6–8
Deady Middle School serves 413 students in grades 6–8 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 273 schools in Houston ISD. By enrollment it is the 1235th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 11.2 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 37 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Houston ISD |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482364002435 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Houston ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 413 | 176,727 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 11.2 | 16.1 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 98.3% | 79.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 11% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Deady Middle School in context
Size
Deady Middle School is the 26th largest of Houston ISD's 42 middle schools; its 413 students are 0.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 577 students, so Deady Middle School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 8 with 150 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 127, against an average of 138 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% more students than grade 6 (150 against 136). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 94.9% of enrollment, a higher share than across Houston ISD (61.7%).
98.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.3% across Houston ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Deady Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 413 students would have about 28.7 teachers, so Deady Middle School has 8.3 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other middle school is Early College STEM Academy, 0.4 miles away in Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success. There are 19 middle schools within 5 miles and 66 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 94.9% |
| Black | 3.6% |
| White | 1.5% |
45% of students are girls and 55% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 136 |
| Grade 7 | 127 |
| Grade 8 | 150 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2500 Broadway St, Houston, TX 77012
Phone: (713)845-7411
Website: houstonisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Deady Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early College STEM Academy | Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success | 0.4 mi | 275 | 14.2 | 95.6% |
| Hartman Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.6 mi | 645 | 14.8 | 94.9% |
| KIPP Prime College Preparatory | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 2.8 mi | 453 | 20.6 | 93.4% |
| Ortiz Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.9 mi | 772 | 16.1 | 95.1% |
| Edison Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.9 mi | 388 | 12.1 | 99.7% |
| KIPP Intrepid Preparatory | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 3.0 mi | 509 | 22.6 | 88.8% |
| Stevenson Middle School | Houston ISD | 3.1 mi | 1,096 | 17.9 | 90.5% |
| Galena Park Middle School | Galena Park ISD | 3.3 mi | 896 | 14.6 | 87.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.