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Enrollment
775
Middle
DISTRICT 844 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAXAHACHIE ISD·NCES 484473013710
Coleman Junior High School
1000 HWY 77 N, WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165 · (972) 923-4790 · Ellis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
367 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Coleman Junior High School
Coleman Junior High School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Junior High School this school | 775 | 47.4% | 49.1% |
| Finley Junior High School WAXAHACHIE | 839 | 49.9% | 42.7% |
| Ed Willkie Middle School FORT WORTH | 775 | 49.4% | 41.5% |
| Oakwood Intermediate School COLLEGE STATION | 729 | 50.5% | 56.8% |
| Vogel Intermediate School SPRING | 953 | 52.3% | 52.6% |
| Kingwood Middle School KINGWOOD | 973 | 48.5% | 47.7% |
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 Coleman Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #534 of 1,635 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #510 of 1,670 ▼ 12 | #4 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #820 of 1,670 ▼ 129 | #7 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #240 of 1,570 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #612 of 1,749 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #526 of 1,542 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #263 of 1,543 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #1,196 of 1,648 | #11 of 14 |
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
775
-128 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 775 | 56.4 | 13.7:1 | 47% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 59.5 | 13.7:1 | 50% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 829 | 66.2 | 12.5:1 | 51% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 903 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 51% (460) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coleman Junior High School.
About Coleman Junior High School
The public middle-grades school Coleman Junior High School is located in WAXAHACHIE, Texas. Enrollment is 775 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 21% larger than average.
WAXAHACHIE ISD, which runs Coleman Junior High School, has 18 schools and 11,196 students.
Coleman Junior High School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 39%. Other students are 37% White, 17% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County residents are about 28% Hispanic. Coleman Junior High School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.7 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 47% of students.
Coleman Junior High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.5% for Coleman Junior High School. The school posts 49.1%, 4.4 points below the prediction.
Among Ellis County residents, median household income is about $99,595, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 83 public schools in Ellis County, with a combined enrollment of about 46,344.
The closest public school to Coleman Junior High School is Waxahachie H S of Choice, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.9%, lower than Coleman Junior High School's 49.1%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Coleman Junior High School had 903 students in 2020-21 and 775 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
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Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE ISD
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Simpson Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Marvin Biomedical AcademyElementary · 535 students
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Simpson Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other Coleman Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Coleman Junior High. Coleman Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Coleman Junior High SchoolCOLEMAN, TX · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Waxahachie H S of Choice0.0 mi · 56
- Waxahachie Global High School0.2 mi · 369
- Wedgeworth Elementary School0.8 mi · 594
- Northside Elementary School0.8 mi · 480
- Finley Junior High School1.0 mi · 839
- Simpson Elementary School1.3 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Coleman Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coleman Junior High School?
Coleman Junior High School enrolls approximately 775 students in grades 06-08.
Is Coleman Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coleman Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Coleman Junior High School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Coleman Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coleman Junior High School?
At Coleman Junior High School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 39% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Coleman Junior High School in?
Coleman Junior High School is part of WAXAHACHIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.