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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVARADO ISD·NCES 480001100129
Alvarado Junior High School
1000 N CUMMINGS, ALVARADO, TX 76009 · (817) 783-6840 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
584 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 271 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 302 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alvarado Junior High School→Alvarado High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALVARADO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alvarado Junior High School
Alvarado Junior High School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Junior High School this school | 862 | 67.7% | 38.8% |
| Marble Falls Middle School MARBLE FALLS | 852 | 65.5% | 39.2% |
| Alvin Junior High School ALVIN | 716 | 69.3% | 45.8% |
| Norman Junior High School KAUFMAN | 961 | 69.9% | 44.4% |
| Ad Wheat Middle School CLEBURNE | 998 | 69.9% | 34.8% |
| Fairview Junior High School ALVIN | 644 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alvarado Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #998 of 1,635 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,306 of 1,670 ▼ 324 | #13 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,413 of 1,670 ▼ 196 | #13 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #975 of 1,570 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #464 of 1,749 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,170 of 1,542 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #657 of 1,543 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #768 of 1,648 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.4% | #56 of 437 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
862
+271 (+46%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 862 | 53.1 | 16.3:1 | 68% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 841 | 57.1 | 14.7:1 | 69% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 55.1 | 15.3:1 | 67% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 70% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 32.9 | 18.7:1 | 64% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 61% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 60% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 39% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (614 to 862); teachers up 61% (32.9 to 53.1).
About Alvarado Junior High School
Alvarado Junior High School is a public middle school run by ALVARADO ISD in ALVARADO, Texas. It teaches 862 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
The ALVARADO ISD system has 6 schools and 3,788 students.
At Alvarado Junior High School, 52% of students are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 41% White, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Johnson County is about 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alvarado Junior High School scores 56%.
The school has 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. The school reported 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Johnson County.
Alvarado Junior High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Texas public middle schools.
Alvarado Junior High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% is 6.0 points below the 44.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Johnson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $84,859 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Alvarado Junior High School, Johnson County has 77 public schools.
Alvarado El-North sits about 0.8 miles from Alvarado Junior High School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Alvarado Junior High School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal records list enrollment at Alvarado Junior High School as 591 in 2020-21 and 862 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
People who know Alvarado Junior High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVARADO ISD
- Alvarado High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Alvarado Intermediate SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
- Juvenile Justice AlternativeElementary
Other schools in ALVARADO
- Alvarado High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Alvarado Intermediate SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
Nearby schools
- Alvarado El-North0.8 mi · 276
- Alvarado El-South1.4 mi · 386
- Alvarado Intermediate School1.7 mi · 792
- Alvarado High School2.0 mi · 1,163
- Lillian Elementary School5.7 mi · 309
- Keene High School6.4 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Alvarado Junior High School?
Alvarado Junior High School enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
Is Alvarado Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alvarado Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvarado Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alvarado Junior High School is approximately 16.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Alvarado Junior High School?
Alvarado Junior High School reports a student body of 41% White, 52% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Alvarado Junior High School in?
Alvarado Junior High School is part of ALVARADO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.