ALVIN J H

As a medium-sized middle school in ALVIN, Texas, ALVIN J H educates 716 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by ALVIN ISD.

ALVIN ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 30,038 students; ALVIN J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, ALVIN J H lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ALVIN J H records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALVIN J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household income runs about $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. ALVIN J H is one of 115 public schools in Brazoria County (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALVIN EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALVIN J H. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALVIN J H ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 847 students in 2018 compared to 716 in 2025.

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