BRENHAM J H

Located at 1200 CARLEE DR, in BRENHAM, Texas, BRENHAM J H is a moderately sized intermediate school that caters to 756 students (grades 7 through 8), run under BRENHAM ISD.

BRENHAM ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,872 students. BRENHAM J H is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BRENHAM J H records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% White, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BRENHAM J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -1.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $77,825 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students), of which BRENHAM J H is one.

BRENHAM MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BRENHAM J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRENHAM J H at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. BRENHAM J H's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 787 (now 756). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 44% to 37%.

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