ABELL J H

ABELL J H, a heavily attended middle-grades school in MIDLAND, Texas, overseen by MIDLAND ISD, caters to 1,129 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 40 schools in MIDLAND ISD (29,651 students total), ABELL J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ABELL J H shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 23% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ABELL J H is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; ABELL J H posts 34.4%, -15.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Midland County) shows that median household income runs about $92,874, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Midland County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students), ABELL J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BUSH EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ABELL J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ABELL J H at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 1,036 students in 2018 compared to 1,129 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 57% to 65% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for ABELL J H typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.