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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERMAN ISD·NCES 481881001758
Charles Baxter Junior High School
3038 SHELBY RD, EVERMAN, TX 76140 · (817) 568-3530 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
679 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 6 | 222 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 243 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%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
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
15.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 11.0% | 26.0% | 59.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Charles Baxter Junior High School
Charles Baxter Junior High School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Baxter Junior High School this school | 709 | 95.8% | 19.8% |
| Royce West Leadership School DALLAS | 578 | 95.2% | 32.0% |
| J Martin Jacquet Middle School FORT WORTH | 580 | 97.1% | 23.7% |
| G W Carver Middle School WACO | 723 | 96.3% | 14.3% |
| Edwin M Wells Middle School HOUSTON | 796 | 91.6% | 32.8% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School HOUSTON | 806 | 91.1% | 24.9% |
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 Charles Baxter Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,595 of 1,635 | #101 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,645 of 1,670 ▼ 6 | #108 of 112 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,597 of 1,670 ▼ 9 | #105 of 112 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #1,296 of 1,570 | #83 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #731 of 1,749 | #59 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #315 of 1,542 | #12 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #621 of 1,543 | #73 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #94 of 1,648 | #6 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #191 of 942 | #15 of 74 |
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
709
-184 (-21%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 709 | 55.2 | 12.8:1 | 96% (679) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 50.7 | 13.4:1 | 96% (653) |
| 2022-23 | 769 | 61.1 | 12.6:1 | 95% (727) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 72 | 12.4:1 | 94% (838) |
| 2017-18 | 969 | 65.4 | 14.8:1 | 86% (832) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 93% (770) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 88% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 54% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 26 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Baxter Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (969 to 709); teachers down 16% (65.4 to 55.2).
About Charles Baxter Junior High School
Charles Baxter Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school found in EVERMAN, Texas. There are 709 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Charles Baxter Junior High School is part of EVERMAN ISD, where 11 schools serve 5,018 students.
Of every 100 students at Charles Baxter Junior High School, about 50 are Hispanic. It is also 42% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Charles Baxter Junior High School scores 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.5 students per teacher. In all, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 33 points above the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Charles Baxter Junior High School's results are 12.9 points below predicted: 19.8% against 32.8%.
The school is in Tarrant County, where median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Tarrant County counts 639 public schools with about 385,835 students.
Everman Academy High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 34.9%, higher than Charles Baxter Junior High School's 19.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 709, from 893 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Charles Baxter Junior High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EVERMAN ISD
- Everman High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Dan Powell Early Learning AcademyElementary · 561 students
- Roy Johnson STEM AcademyMiddle · 441 students
- John and Polly Townley Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- E Ray Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Bishop Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
Other schools in EVERMAN
- Everman High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Dan Powell Early Learning AcademyElementary · 561 students
- John and Polly Townley Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Bishop Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Souder Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Hommel Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Everman Academy High School0.5 mi · 68
- Souder Elementary School0.8 mi · 315
- Uplift Ascend Prep PS0.9 mi · 864
- Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School0.9 mi · 401
- Uplift Ascend Prep High School0.9 mi · 318
- Everman High School0.9 mi · 1,529
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Baxter Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles Baxter Junior High School?
Charles Baxter Junior High School enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Charles Baxter Junior High School serve?
Charles Baxter Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Charles Baxter Junior High School have?
Charles Baxter Junior High School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Charles Baxter Junior High School?
Charles Baxter Junior High School reports a student body of 3% White, 50% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles Baxter Junior High School?
Charles Baxter Junior High School is overseen by EVERMAN ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.