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Enrollment
490
Middle
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG SPRING ISD·NCES 481020008303
Big Spring Junior High School
624 E 6TH ST, BIG SPRING, TX 79721 · (432) 264-4135 · Howard County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
344 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 241 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 51% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Big Spring Junior High School→Big Spring High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BIG SPRING ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Big Spring Junior High School
Big Spring Junior High School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spring Junior High School this school | 490 | 70.2% | 33.2% |
| Snyder Junior High School SNYDER | 498 | 69.9% | 25.9% |
| Big Spring Intermediate School BIG SPRING | 522 | 66.3% | 39.7% |
| Venus Middle School VENUS | 506 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Taylor Middle School TAYLOR | 602 | 72.3% | 29.5% |
| Gonzales Junior High School GONZALES | 584 | 70.5% | 34.2% |
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 Big Spring Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,257 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #995 of 1,670 ▲ 126 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,119 of 1,670 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,054 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #1,110 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #92 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #922 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #704 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #371 of 942 |
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
490
-100 (-17%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 490 | 43.1 | 11.4:1 | 70% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 46 | 11.3:1 | 79% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 46.4 | 11.1:1 | 70% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 71% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 44.3 | 13.7:1 | 70% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 63% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 66% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 51% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Spring Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (606 to 490); teachers down 3% (44.3 to 43.1).
About Big Spring Junior High School
Located in BIG SPRING, Texas, Big Spring Junior High School is a small middle school. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 490 students in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Big Spring Junior High School falls under BIG SPRING ISD, which has 8 schools enrolling 3,742 students.
At Big Spring Junior High School, 68% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 21% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Howard County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for Big Spring Junior High School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Big Spring Junior High School reports a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher, from 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 3.0 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Big Spring Junior High School, 70% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 60% average for public schools in Howard County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Big Spring Junior High School is 10.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.2%. Predicted: 43.7%.
The school is in Howard County, where the median household earns about $69,649 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Big Spring Junior High School shares Howard County with 14 other public schools.
Big Spring High School sits about 0.4 miles from Big Spring Junior High School. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Big Spring Junior High School places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Big Spring Junior High School is Town: Remote.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 17%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.6 to 11.4 over 4 years.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,290
Census ACS
Median income
$69,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BIG SPRING ISD
- Big Spring High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Big Spring Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Marcy Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Goliad Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
Other schools in BIG SPRING
- Big Spring High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Big Spring Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Marcy Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Forsan Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Big Spring High School0.4 mi · 982
- Goliad Elementary School1.0 mi · 271
- Big Spring Intermediate School1.0 mi · 522
- Washington Elementary School1.1 mi · 489
- Moss Elementary School1.5 mi · 380
- Kentwood Elementary School2.3 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Big Spring Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Big Spring Junior High School?
Big Spring Junior High School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 07-08.
Is Big Spring Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Big Spring Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Big Spring Junior High School have?
Big Spring Junior High School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Big Spring Junior High School?
Student demographics at Big Spring Junior High School are roughly 21% White, 68% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Big Spring Junior High School?
Big Spring Junior High School is overseen by BIG SPRING ISD in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.