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ALMA MARTINEZ INT
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
About ALMA MARTINEZ INT
ALMA MARTINEZ INT is an intermediate school of mid-sized scale in MANSFIELD, Texas, run under MANSFIELD ISD, educateing 930 students in grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 45% above typical.
ALMA MARTINEZ INT is one of 47 schools operated by MANSFIELD ISD, a district that teaches 35,354 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ALMA MARTINEZ INT shows that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school reports having 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at ALMA MARTINEZ INT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Johnson County's rate of about 51%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALMA MARTINEZ INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 59.0%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $84,859 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), ALMA MARTINEZ INT is one campus in the mix.
BRENDA NORWOOD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALMA MARTINEZ INT ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.8%.
ALMA MARTINEZ INT operates from a low-density location.
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