COAHOMA J H

COAHOMA J H is an one-room-style middle-grades school in COAHOMA, Texas, one of the schools within COAHOMA ISD. The school enrolls 243 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 3 schools in COAHOMA ISD (1,084 students total), COAHOMA J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, COAHOMA J H reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 47% Hispanic. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, COAHOMA J H has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, COAHOMA J H is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 62.0%; COAHOMA J H posts 37.2%, -24.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,649 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. COAHOMA J H is one of 15 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 5,521 students).

Nearest neighbor: COAHOMA EL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around COAHOMA J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COAHOMA J H ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COAHOMA J H has ticked up 19%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 243 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.