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BERRY MILLER J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BERRY MILLER J H
BERRY MILLER J H is an intermediate school of mid-sized scale in PEARLAND, Texas, overseen by PEARLAND ISD, teacheing 827 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BERRY MILLER J H sits 29% above that benchmark.
PEARLAND ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 20,862 students. BERRY MILLER J H is one of those campuses.
On demographics, BERRY MILLER J H reports that the most-represented group is White (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 24% Black, 19% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BERRY MILLER J H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at BERRY MILLER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brazoria County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, BERRY MILLER J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.8%.
Across the wider county, census data for Brazoria County shows median household earnings sit near $97,993, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), BERRY MILLER J H is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ROGERS MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BERRY MILLER J H comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. BERRY MILLER J H's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 906 (now 827). Over the same period, the White share declined from 40% to 26%.
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