CANYON J H

CANYON J H operates as a reasonably sized junior high in CANYON, Texas, operated by CANYON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 555 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

CANYON ISD comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 11,565 students; CANYON J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, CANYON J H records that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Randall County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Randall County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, CANYON J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Randall County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,864 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Randall County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), of which CANYON J H is one.

CANYON INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around CANYON J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANYON J H ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANYON J H has declined 13%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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