Watkins Middle School

Size

Of the 20 middle schools in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Watkins Middle School is the 14th largest, with 1.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.5 miles away and have a median of 1,170 students, so Watkins Middle School is close to their typical size.

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 462 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 391, against an average of 428 per grade. This year grade 8 has 18% more students than grade 6 (462 against 391). 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 56.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (45.8%). Black students are next, at 24.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

82.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 58.8% across Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Watkins Middle School has 77.52 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,283 students would have about 89.1 teachers, so Watkins Middle School has 11.6 fewer.

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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Kahla Middle School, 1.4 miles away in the same district. There are 9 middle schools within 5 miles and 41 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.