BLOOMING GROVE JH

BLOOMING GROVE JH is an one-room-style middle-grades school in BLOOMING GROVE, Texas, operated by BLOOMING GROVE ISD. The school enrolls 198 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 69% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

BLOOMING GROVE ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 935 students. BLOOMING GROVE JH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BLOOMING GROVE JH shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BLOOMING GROVE JH has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BLOOMING GROVE JH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Navarro County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, BLOOMING GROVE JH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.8%; actual is 38.3%, a gap of -15.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Navarro County put median household income runs about $63,111, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. BLOOMING GROVE JH is one of 25 public schools in Navarro County (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students).

The closest other public school is BLOOMING GROVE H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLOOMING GROVE JH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 219 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 32% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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