BEAR BRANCH INT

BEAR BRANCH INT is one of the big junior highs in MAGNOLIA, Texas, run under MAGNOLIA ISD, with 1,082 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 17 schools in MAGNOLIA ISD (14,916 students total), BEAR BRANCH INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BEAR BRANCH INT logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BEAR BRANCH INT has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEAR BRANCH INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which BEAR BRANCH INT is one.

Nearest neighbor: BEAR BRANCH J H, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEAR BRANCH INT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEAR BRANCH INT at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.