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Enrollment
639
Middle
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIMBERLEY ISD·NCES 480000907342
Danforth Junior High School
200 TEXAN BLVD, WIMBERLEY, TX 78676 · (512) 847-2181 · Hays County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- A+Three-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
14.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
142 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 200 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 37% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Danforth Junior High School→Wimberley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WIMBERLEY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 46.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Danforth Junior High School
Danforth Junior High School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth Junior High School this school | 639 | 22.2% | 61.3% |
| Salado Middle School SALADO | 587 | 19.6% | 53.7% |
| Canyon Junior High School CANYON | 555 | 24.0% | 58.1% |
| Douglas Benold Middle School GEORGETOWN | 720 | 21.3% | 56.4% |
| Wylie East Junior High School ABILENE | 540 | 24.1% | 58.2% |
| Steam Middle School BURLESON | 595 | 26.6% | 67.8% |
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 Danforth Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #220 of 1,635 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #328 of 1,670 ▲ 123 | #5 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #240 of 1,670 ▼ 20 | #3 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +31.0pp | #63 of 1,570 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #861 of 1,749 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #856 of 1,542 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #993 of 1,543 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #1,544 of 1,648 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #395 of 437 | #8 of 9 |
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
639
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+50% since 2000-01, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 639 | 42.8 | 14.9:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 43.1 | 14.5:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 42.6 | 15.2:1 | 32% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 28% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 38.3 | 16.4:1 | 22% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 25% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 25% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 15% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Danforth Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (627 to 639); teachers up 12% (38.3 to 42.8).
About Danforth Junior High School
Danforth Junior High School operates as a medium-sized middle school in WIMBERLEY, Texas. The latest federal count shows 639 students in grades 6 through 8.
WIMBERLEY ISD has 4 schools and 2,661 students, and Danforth Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students account for 68% of enrollment at Danforth Junior High School. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Danforth Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
Danforth Junior High School operates with 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.9:1. Middle schools in Texas average about 14.4:1, a similar figure. About 22% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is lower than the 46% average for public schools in Hays County.
Danforth Junior High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.2% at Danforth Junior High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.3%.
Census estimates describe Hays County this way: median household income is about $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hays County number 63 and enroll about 46,946.
The closest public school to Danforth Junior High School is Wimberley High School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Nearby schools with test data average 64.4% proficiency; Danforth Junior High School posts 61.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 639 was 3% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 622.
The Danforth Junior High School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WIMBERLEY ISD
- Wimberley High SchoolHigh · 820 students
- Blue Hole Primary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Jacob's Well Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Other schools in WIMBERLEY
- Wimberley High SchoolHigh · 820 students
- Blue Hole Primary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Jacob's Well Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Katherine Anne Porter SchoolHigh · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Wimberley High School0.3 mi · 820
- Katherine Anne Porter School0.4 mi · 95
- Blue Hole Primary School2.0 mi · 649
- Jacob's Well Elementary School2.2 mi · 553
- Canyon Lake High School7.3 mi · 1,066
- Mt Valley Elementary School10.0 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Danforth Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Danforth Junior High School?
Danforth Junior High School enrolls approximately 639 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Danforth Junior High School serve?
Danforth Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Danforth Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Danforth Junior High School is approximately 14.9:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Danforth Junior High School?
At Danforth Junior High School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Danforth Junior High School in?
Danforth Junior High School is part of WIMBERLEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.