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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000234
BAILEY J H
2411 WINEWOOD, ARLINGTON, TX 76013 · (682) 867-0700 · Tarrant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
512 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
754
-90 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.3:1
% White
29%
was 41%
% Hispanic
47%
was 37%
% Black
17%
was 16%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BAILEY J H
BAILEY J H is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, educateing 754 students in grades 7 through 8.
Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), BAILEY J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BAILEY J H logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 29% White, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BAILEY J H has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BAILEY J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -0.2 points.
Around the school, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BAILEY J H is one.
Nearest neighbor: HILL EL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BAILEY J H ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 844 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 29% across the same window.
On this page, the feed for BAILEY J H typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- SEGUIN H SHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW H SHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- HILL EL0.6 mi · 557
- DUFF EL0.6 mi · 618
- ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY -INTERMEDIATE0.9 mi · 524
- ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - ARKANSAS CAMPUS0.9 mi · 473
- SWIFT EL1.1 mi · 517
- NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON1.2 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About BAILEY J HHow large is BAILEY J H?
BAILEY J H enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does BAILEY J H serve?
BAILEY J H serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BAILEY J H?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BAILEY J H is approximately 13.8:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAILEY J H?
At BAILEY J H, the student body is approximately 29% White, 47% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BAILEY J H in?
BAILEY J H is part of ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.