Houston Middle, Germantown: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Houston Middle School and Germantown Municipal School District, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and 2024-25 and 2026 data files, and the federal NCES school directory.

Houston Middle School is the only stand-alone middle school in Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD), on Wolf River Boulevard less than a mile west of Houston High. The school says it has served Germantown since 1989 and has nearly 1,000 students in sixth through eighth grade.

• Address: 9400 Wolf River Blvd., Germantown, TN 38139
• Main office: 901-756-2366
• Grades: 6 to 8
• School hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Website: hms.gmsdk12.org

Who to call

• Front office: 901-756-2366
• Enrolling a new student: GMSD Student Services, 901-752-7889, and the district’s registration page; the district office is 901-752-7900
• Checking a zone: the GMSD school zone locator
• Buses: the school’s transportation administrator, Whit Thomas, at 901-756-1079; Durham School Services’ main bus lot, 901-861-0256; or shared services transportation, 901-286-6703, according to the district’s transportation page

Principal

Principal ShaMira Davis, according to the school’s Meet Our Administrators page.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 886 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 972 students: 331 sixth graders, 324 seventh graders and 317 eighth graders.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file:

The overall C combines the top mark for achievement, how students scored on state tests, with the lowest mark for academic growth, the measure of how much progress students made during the year.

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Houston Middle students who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 67.2% in English language arts, 74% in math, 75.2% in science and 76.2% in social studies. More than 95% of the 80 students who took the Algebra I end-of-course exam met or exceeded expectations. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet. The State Report Card page for Houston Middle holds the full detail, including chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

GMSD serves residents of the City of Germantown. Check an address in the school zone locator, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school; the district asks families to confirm the result with Student Services.

The locator returns Houston Middle for the Dogwood Elementary, Farmington Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary zones. The Riverdale zone in the west of the city goes to Riverdale K-8 for the middle grades instead. Houston Middle feeds Houston High; the district’s registration page says “all elementary and middle school families are zoned to Houston High School.”

We found no rezoning approved by the Germantown Board of Education that changes this school’s zone.

Calendar and school hours

The district’s 2026-27 instructional calendar (PDF, board-approved and marked pending state approval) has these dates next:

• Monday, Oct. 19: second quarter begins
• Monday, Nov. 2: district learning day, no school for students
• Nov. 23-24: flex professional development days, no school for students
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
• Friday, Dec. 18: half day, end of the second quarter
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
• March 15-19: spring break
• Friday, May 21, 2027: last day, a half day

School hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school’s About page and the district’s back-to-school guide.

Sports and activities

The district’s Houston Middle teams page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, boys and girls lacrosse, pom, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, trap, volleyball and wrestling, with sixth grade and junior varsity teams in several sports. Middle schoolers also compete in the Houston Track and Field Classic each April.

The school’s Academics page describes advanced courses and electives from technology and STEM to fine arts and world languages.

More

• The school’s own site: hms.gmsdk12.org, listed on the district’s Schools page
• Every public school in town: Germantown public schools
• Calendars, enrollment and the school board: our Germantown schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Houston Middle School serve?

Sixth through eighth grade. The school is at 9400 Wolf River Blvd. in Germantown; the main office number is 901-756-2366.

What is Houston Middle’s state report card grade?

Houston Middle received a C overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades: an A for achievement and an F for academic growth, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which elementary schools feed Houston Middle?

Dogwood, Farmington and Forest Hill elementary schools, according to the district’s school zone locator. Riverdale K-8 keeps its own middle grades.

Which high school does Houston Middle feed into?

Houston High School. The district says all of its elementary and middle school families are zoned to Houston High.

What time does Houston Middle start?

School hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school’s website.