CONNALLY J H

CONNALLY J H operates as a mid-tier junior high in ELM MOTT, Texas, one of the schools within CONNALLY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 6 schools in CONNALLY ISD (2,269 students total), CONNALLY J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, CONNALLY J H logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 36% Black, 18% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, McLennan County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at CONNALLY J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CONNALLY J H sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.1%; actual is 21.3%, a gap of -17.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CONNALLY J H is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).

The closest other public school is CONNALLY PRI, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CONNALLY J H comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 18% across the same window.

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