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CENTRAL J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CENTRAL J H
Set in EULESS, Texas, CENTRAL J H is a sizable intermediate school, part of HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD. It hosts 1,061 students across grades 7 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 65% larger than typical.
CENTRAL J H is one of 31 schools operated by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, a district that serves 23,262 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL J H shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 26% White, 21% Black, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. Compared to Tarrant County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, CENTRAL J H sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.5%; actual is 75.6%, +28.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CENTRAL J H is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is ALTER ED PROG, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL J H comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. CENTRAL J H's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,097 (now 1,061). Asian enrollment moved from 7% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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