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Enrollment
555
Middle
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYON ISD·NCES 481281000775
Canyon Junior High School
910 9TH AVE, CANYON, TX 79015 · (806) 677-2700 · Randall County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
133 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 286 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 48% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +50.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 50 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 38.0% | 18.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Canyon Junior High School
Canyon Junior High School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Junior High School this school | 555 | 24.0% | 58.1% |
| Danforth Junior High School WIMBERLEY | 639 | 22.2% | 61.3% |
| Canyon Intermediate School CANYON | 529 | 28.2% | 64.7% |
| Salado Middle School SALADO | 587 | 19.6% | 53.7% |
| Van Alstyne Middle School VAN ALSTYNE | 433 | 22.6% | 57.1% |
| Wylie East Junior High School ABILENE | 540 | 24.1% | 58.2% |
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 Canyon Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #277 of 1,635 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #170 of 1,670 ▲ 11 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #493 of 1,670 ▼ 114 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #22 of 1,570 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #1,005 of 1,749 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #850 of 1,542 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #1,066 of 1,543 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #1,527 of 1,648 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #527 of 942 | #4 of 6 |
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
555
-134 (-19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 555 | 37.2 | 14.9:1 | 24% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 37.3 | 14.9:1 | 31% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 37.6 | 14.6:1 | 27% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 27% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 39.6 | 16.1:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 28% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 16% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (640 to 555); teachers down 6% (39.6 to 37.2).
About Canyon Junior High School
Canyon Junior High School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in CANYON, Texas. It had 555 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8.
CANYON ISD has 21 schools and 11,565 students, and Canyon Junior High School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Canyon Junior High School is White students, at 72%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Randall County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Canyon Junior High School is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 24%. It compares with 44% for public schools in Randall County.
Canyon Junior High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Texas public middle schools.
Canyon Junior High School scores 58.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.5%.
For the population of Randall County, the median household earns about $83,864 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Randall County, 43 public schools serve about 23,668 students.
Canyon Intermediate School is about 0.4 miles from Canyon Junior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Canyon Junior High School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 19% drop took enrollment from 689 in 2020-21 to 555 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 14.9:1.
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Randall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,070
Census ACS
Median income
$83,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
23,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANYON ISD
- West Plains High SchoolHigh · 1,221 students
- Randall High SchoolHigh · 1,126 students
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,097 students
- City View Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Reeves-Hinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- West Plains Junior High SchoolMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in CANYON
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,097 students
- Reeves-Hinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Canyon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Spring Canyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Midway Alternative High SchoolHigh · 52 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Intermediate School0.4 mi · 529
- Reeves-Hinger Elementary School0.8 mi · 669
- Midway Alternative High School1.0 mi · 52
- Canyon High School1.1 mi · 1,097
- Crestview Elementary School1.7 mi · 440
- Premier High School-Canyon1.9 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Junior High SchoolHow large is Canyon Junior High School?
Canyon Junior High School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Canyon Junior High School serve?
Canyon Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Canyon Junior High School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Canyon Junior High School.
How diverse is Canyon Junior High School?
Canyon Junior High School reports a student body of 72% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Canyon Junior High School?
Canyon Junior High School is overseen by CANYON ISD in Randall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.