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Pershing Middle
B+

Pershing Middle

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

3838 Blue Bonnet, Houston, TX 77025 · (713) 295-5240 · Part of Houston Independent School District

Houston’s School Grade C− better than 23% of Texas school districts

Directions
Photo: Henry Han · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,141
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
59%
Setting
City
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Pershing Middle

  • Its own letter, B+: better results than 65% of Texas’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 7 pts above the state
  • Enrollment down 33.4% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Houston kids: 39 high schools

On the path

Where Houston kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5171 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Pershing MiddleYou are here
9–1239 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency36%
State average 36.6%
Reading / language arts49%
State average 41.8%

Its own letter, B+, places these results among Texas’s 7,796 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

3838 Blue Bonnet, Houston

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6342
Grade 7388
Grade 8411
Enrollment over time
1,714’20
1,485’21
1,390’22
1,270’23
1,141’24

Down 33.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 37%Black 36%White 15%Asian 7%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Pershing Middle from Houston families.

Other schools in Houston Independent School District

The district →
Piney Point El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
1,286 students21:1
Pilgrim Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
C−
1,233 students18:1
West University El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
A+
1,183 students19:1
Emerson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
990 students20:1
Oak Forest El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
A
950 students18:1
Bonham El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
940 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Texas’s other public schools; Houston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.