CROCKETT INT

As a mid-sized junior high in PARIS, Texas, CROCKETT INT serves 583 students from grades 5 through 6, part of PARIS ISD.

PARIS ISD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,832 students; CROCKETT INT is among them.

Looking at the student body, CROCKETT INT records that the most-represented group is Black (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Lamar County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting CROCKETT INT higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lamar County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CROCKETT INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 31.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lamar County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,880 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. CROCKETT INT is one of 21 public schools in Lamar County (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students).

AIKIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CROCKETT INT at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 588 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 34% to 28%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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