Middle school math: Grades 6th - 8th

Middle School Honors math courses accelerate learning to allow students to complete Algebra I by their 8th grade year. This course moves at a faster pace and is designed to provide critical thinking and processing skills necessary to succeed in Advanced Placement math courses in high school. Students enrolling in this course should consider mastery of all Grade 5 TEKS as a foundation upon which this course will build. 

*Recent legislation beginning in the 2024-2025 school year will require that students scoring in the top 40% on the Math 5 STAAR be automatically enrolled in our HONORS Math 6 course.  Parents may opt their students out of this requirement.  See your campus counselor for opt-out information.

Middle School Honors Math courses accelerate learning allowing students to complete Algebra I Honors by the end of their 8th grade year. The course moves at a faster pace and is designed to provide critical thinking and processing skills necessary to succeed in Advanced Placement math courses in high school. 

This high school-level Honors course is a study of linear equations and inequalities with an introduction to quadratic functions, inverse variation, and exponential growth. The course is designed to provide critical thinking and processing skills necessary to be successful in Advanced Placement math courses in high school. Students in this course will take the Algebra I End-of-Course exam at the end of the year. Upon successful completion of this course, students will earn one high school math credit. Students are encouraged to have a graphing calculator.