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BROWNSBORO J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BROWNSBORO J H
As a close-knit 6-8 campus in BROWNSBORO, Texas, BROWNSBORO J H hosts 395 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within BROWNSBORO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BROWNSBORO J H sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.
Within BROWNSBORO ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 2,560 students, BROWNSBORO J H is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, BROWNSBORO J H records that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, BROWNSBORO J H shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at BROWNSBORO J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Henderson County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, BROWNSBORO J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 55.3%.
Across the wider county, Henderson County reports that median household income runs about $65,179, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BROWNSBORO J H is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).
BROWNSBORO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around BROWNSBORO J H. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROWNSBORO J H ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.3%.
BROWNSBORO J H operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROWNSBORO J H has stayed largely flat, going from 396 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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