BELLVILLE J H

BELLVILLE J H, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in BELLVILLE, Texas, run under BELLVILLE ISD, hosts 557 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

BELLVILLE J H is one of 5 schools operated by BELLVILLE ISD, a district that teaches 2,315 students overall.

Demographically, BELLVILLE J H lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Austin County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BELLVILLE J H has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Austin County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELLVILLE J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Austin County indicate median household income runs about $75,789, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Austin County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,944 students), BELLVILLE J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BELLVILLE H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELLVILLE J H at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. BELLVILLE J H's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 557). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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