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CHARLES BAXTER J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 CHARLES BAXTER J H
As a mid-tier intermediate school in EVERMAN, Texas, CHARLES BAXTER J H teaches 709 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by EVERMAN ISD.
CHARLES BAXTER J H is one of 11 schools operated by EVERMAN ISD, a district that enrolls 5,018 students overall.
On demographics, CHARLES BAXTER J H logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 42% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
On the resource side, On paper, CHARLES BAXTER J H has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at CHARLES BAXTER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARLES BAXTER J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 20.2%.
In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which CHARLES BAXTER J H is one.
Nearest neighbor: EVERMAN ACADEMY H S, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHARLES BAXTER J H comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. CHARLES BAXTER J H's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 969 (now 709). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 55% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for CHARLES BAXTER J H typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Tarrant County at a glance
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