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Best Middle Schools in Fort Worth, TX (2025-26)
Every ranked middle school in Fort Worth, TX, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Fort Worth, TX rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Fort Worth, TX middle schools ranked
How Fort Worth, TX's middle schools compare
A: 4B: 5C: 11D: 13F: 7
23% of the 40 ranked middle schools in Fort Worth, TX earn an A or B (4 A grades, 5 B, 11 C, 13 D, 7 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 24 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (60% here, 70% nationally), and 9 exceed it. On average 38% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 28% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Roy Johnson Stem Academy (44% against 22%, C), Uplift Elevate Preparatory Middle (40% against 18%, C-), Idea Southeast College Preparatory (42% against 22%, C), Iltexas Keller Middle (61% against 42%, A-), Irma Marsh Middle (41% against 23%, C-).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Keller Isd (3), Fort Worth Isd (3), Eagle Mt-Saginaw Isd (2).
The largest ranked middle schools: Hillwood Middle (1,228 students, A-, #2), Rosemont Middle (1,165 students, D, #22), Wayside Middle (1,077 students, B, #8).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 5 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
Middle schools in Fort Worth, TX that are not ranked
4 graded middle schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (1)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- F Intl Newcomer, Fort Worth
Not yet graded (3)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Leadership Academy At Forest Oak 6th Grade, Fort Worth
- Trinity Charter Schools Fort Worth Campus, Fort Worth
- Wedgwood 6th Gr Sch, Fort Worth
About this ranking
- Scope: public middle schools in Fort Worth, TX, as grouped on its schools page; the Texas ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the middle schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about middle schools in Fort Worth, TX
What is the best middle school in Fort Worth, TX?
Mcanally Middle in Fort Worth ranks first among the 40 ranked middle schools in Fort Worth, TX with a SchoolGrade of A, 70% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 57%.
How are middle schools in Fort Worth, TX ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many middle schools does Fort Worth, TX have?
SchoolGrade grades 44 public middle schools in Fort Worth, TX; 40 are ranked here and 4 are listed as not ranked.