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Enrollment
968
Middle
DISTRICT 1,019 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD·NCES 482406002662
BEDFORD J H
325 CAROLYN DR, BEDFORD, TX 76021 · (817) 399-3122 · Tarrant County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL968 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
430 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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
968
+136 (+16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.5:1
% White
43%
was 56%
% Hispanic
33%
was 25%
% Black
12%
was 9%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BEDFORD J H
BEDFORD J H is one of the well-populated middle schools in BEDFORD, Texas, operated by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, with 968 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 51% above typical.
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 23,262 students; BEDFORD J H is among them.
On demographics, BEDFORD J H shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, BEDFORD J H is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 69.5%, a residual of +15.0 points.
Around the school, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. BEDFORD J H is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: SHADY BROOK EL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BEDFORD J H comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEDFORD J H has rose 16%, going from 832 students in 2018 to 968 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
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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 HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD
- TRINITY H SHigh · 2,734 students
- BELL H SHigh · 2,411 students
- EULESS J HMiddle · 1,075 students
- CENTRAL J HMiddle · 1,061 students
- HARWOOD J HMiddle · 1,024 students
- HURST J HMiddle · 967 students
Other schools in BEDFORD
- HARWOOD J HMiddle · 1,024 students
- BEDFORD HEIGHTS ELElementary · 651 students
- MEADOW CREEK ELElementary · 649 students
- BELL MANOR ELElementary · 610 students
- SPRING GARDEN ELElementary · 599 students
- SHADY BROOK ELElementary · 582 students
Nearby schools
- SHADY BROOK EL0.6 mi · 582
- BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL0.8 mi · 651
- BELL H S0.9 mi · 2,411
- STONEGATE EL1.4 mi · 472
- SHADY OAKS EL1.4 mi · 594
- W A PORTER EL1.4 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About BEDFORD J HHow large is BEDFORD J H?
BEDFORD J H enrolls approximately 968 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does BEDFORD J H serve?
BEDFORD J H serves grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at BEDFORD J H?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at BEDFORD J H.
How diverse is BEDFORD J H?
BEDFORD J H reports a student body of 43% White, 33% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BEDFORD J H public or private?
BEDFORD J H is a public K-12 school, overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.