Giles Middle School
Public middle school in Texas City, Texas · Texas City ISD · Grades 6–8
Giles Middle School serves 553 students in grades 6–8 in Texas City (Galveston County). It is one of 13 schools in Texas City ISD. By enrollment it is the 1009th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 13.7 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 40.37 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Texas City ISD |
| County | Galveston County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484251012812 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texas City ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 553 | 7,711 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 13.7 | 13.5 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 86.4% | 79.2% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 38% 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.
Giles Middle School in context
Size
Giles Middle School is the smallest of Texas City ISD's 3 middle schools; its 553 students are 7.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 5.5 miles away and have a median of 884 students, so Giles 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 190 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 177, against an average of 184 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 186 in grade 6 and 190 in grade 8.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Black students are the largest group, at 49.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texas City ISD (28.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 36.9%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
86.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.2% across Texas City 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
Giles Middle School has 40.37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 553 students would have about 38.4 teachers, so Giles Middle School has 2 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, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Dickinson Junior High School, 3.2 miles away in Dickinson ISD. There are 4 middle schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 49.5% |
| Hispanic | 36.9% |
| White | 9% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
49.7% of students are girls and 50.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 186 |
| Grade 7 | 177 |
| Grade 8 | 190 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
7451 Monticello, Texas City, TX 77591
Phone: (409)938-4286
Website: tcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Giles Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Junior High School | Dickinson ISD | 3.2 mi | 1,060 | 14 | 45.7% |
| Crosby Middle School | Hitchcock ISD | 3.6 mi | 406 | 21.3 | 70.9% |
| Blocker Middle School | Texas City ISD | 4.4 mi | 802 | 13.8 | 73.4% |
| R D McAdams Junior High School | Dickinson ISD | 4.9 mi | 891 | 13.1 | 70.4% |
| Fry Intermediate School | Texas City ISD | 6.0 mi | 769 | 13.5 | 77.5% |
| Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High School | Dickinson ISD | 6.3 mi | 877 | 12.1 | 75.5% |
| Santa Fe Junior High School | Santa Fe ISD | 6.8 mi | 1,003 | 17.1 | 50.3% |
| Victory Lakes Intermediate School | Clear Creek ISD | 8.0 mi | 944 | 16.4 | 26.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texas City ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocker Middle School | Middle | 7–8 | 802 |
| Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start | Pre-K | Pre-K | 311 |
| Fry Intermediate School | Middle | 5–6 | 769 |
| Hayley Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 484 |
| Heights Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 412 |
| Kohfeldt Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 429 |
| La Marque High School | High | 9–12 | 737 |
| Manuel Guajardo Jr. Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 501 |
| Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 460 |
| Simms Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 482 |
| Texas City High School | High | 9–12 | 1,689 |
| Woodrow Wilson DAEP | High | 5–12 | 75 |