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Enrollment
1,119
Middle
DISTRICT 1,119 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAGNOLIA ISD·NCES 482874007406
Bear Branch Junior High School
31310 F M 2978, MAGNOLIA, TX 77354 · (281) 356-6088 · Montgomery County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,119 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Texas public middle schools
- A-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.
- A+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
16.6:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
372 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 7 | 557 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 562 | 50% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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%.
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 Bear Branch Junior High School
Bear Branch Junior High School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Branch Junior High School this school | 1,119 | 33.2% | 54.2% |
| Barbers Hill Int South MONT BELVIEU | 972 | 32.4% | 67.3% |
| Bear Branch Intermediate School MAGNOLIA | 1,082 | 38.0% | 56.4% |
| Oakrun Middle School NEW BRAUNFELS | 1,013 | 31.9% | 52.5% |
| Lubbock-Cooper Middle School LUBBOCK | 901 | 31.3% | 51.5% |
| Bayside Intermediate School LEAGUE CITY | 978 | 27.7% | 54.7% |
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 Bear Branch Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #374 of 1,635 | #13 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #466 of 1,670 ▲ 55 | #11 of 31 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #506 of 1,670 ▼ 60 | #12 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #112 of 1,570 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,119 | #175 of 1,749 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,249 of 1,542 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #587 of 1,543 | #20 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #1,416 of 1,648 | #22 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #262 of 942 | #5 of 14 |
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
1,119
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 896
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,119 | 67.2 | 16.6:1 | 33% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 1,077 | 65.2 | 16.5:1 | 34% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 1,076 | 65.1 | 16.5:1 | 37% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 1,072 | 61 | 17.6:1 | 33% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 1,456 | 91.4 | 15.9:1 | 31% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 1,478 | 82 | 18.0:1 | 27% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 29% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 56 | 16.0:1 | 26% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Branch Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,456 to 1,119); teachers down 26% (91.4 to 67.2).
About Bear Branch Junior High School
Bear Branch Junior High School is a middle school in MAGNOLIA, Texas, according to federal school records. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 1,119 students. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 74% higher.
The 17 schools in MAGNOLIA ISD enroll 14,916 students altogether, Bear Branch Junior High School among them.
Of every 100 students at Bear Branch Junior High School, about 54 are White. The school is also 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. The diversity index for Bear Branch Junior High School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 2.3 students per teacher. In all, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 15 points higher.
Bear Branch Junior High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 71% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.5% for Bear Branch Junior High School. The school posts 54.2%, 5.3 points below the prediction.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,701 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 134,595 students.
Among nearby public schools, Bear Branch Intermediate School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 70.7% proficiency; Bear Branch Junior High School posts 54.2%.
Bear Branch Junior High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,119, from 1,072 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MAGNOLIA ISD
- Magnolia West High SchoolHigh · 2,356 students
- Magnolia High SchoolHigh · 2,292 students
- Magnolia Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,154 students
- Magnolia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Bear Branch Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,082 students
- Willie E Williams Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
Other schools in MAGNOLIA
- Magnolia West High SchoolHigh · 2,356 students
- Magnolia High SchoolHigh · 2,292 students
- Magnolia Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,154 students
- Magnolia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Bear Branch Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,082 students
- Willie E Williams Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Bear Branch Intermediate School0.2 mi · 1,082
- Deretchin Elementary School0.3 mi · 1,209
- Tom R Ellisor Elementary School1.5 mi · 569
- Tough Elementary School1.5 mi · 988
- Bear Branch Elementary School1.6 mi · 489
- Brookesmith Artemis1.6 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Branch Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bear Branch Junior High School?
Bear Branch Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,119 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bear Branch Junior High School serve?
Bear Branch Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Bear Branch Junior High School have?
Bear Branch Junior High School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bear Branch Junior High School?
At Bear Branch Junior High School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bear Branch Junior High School?
Bear Branch Junior High School is overseen by MAGNOLIA ISD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.