CLARENDON J H

CLARENDON J H operates as an one-room-style middle-grades school in CLARENDON, Texas, part of CLARENDON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 69 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so CLARENDON J H sits 89% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in CLARENDON ISD (401 students total), CLARENDON J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLARENDON J H logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at CLARENDON J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, CLARENDON J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Donley County put the typical household earns roughly $58,750 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Donley County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 496 students), CLARENDON J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLARENDON EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CLARENDON J H comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARENDON J H has decreased 36%, going from 108 students in 2018 to 69 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 15% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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