AGUIRRE J H

AGUIRRE J H, a moderately sized middle school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within CHANNELVIEW ISD, works with 933 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

CHANNELVIEW ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,335 students; AGUIRRE J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, AGUIRRE J H reports that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, AGUIRRE J H has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, AGUIRRE J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), AGUIRRE J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JAMES B HAVARD EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AGUIRRE J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AGUIRRE J H at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 1,048 students in 2018 compared to 933 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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