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Enrollment
877
Middle
DISTRICT 714 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK ISD·NCES 481653001416
Deer Park Junior High School
410 E NINTH, DEER PARK, TX 77536 · (832) 668-7500 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
15.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
335 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 299 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Deer Park Junior High School→Deer Park High School
Based on grade levels within DEER PARK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 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 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 51.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Deer Park Junior High School
Deer Park Junior High School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Junior High School this school | 877 | 38.2% | 62.0% |
| Danville Middle School NEW BRAUNFELS | 921 | 36.7% | 54.5% |
| James R Brooks Middle School MIDLAND | 843 | 33.3% | 43.1% |
| Fairmont Junior High School PASADENA | 676 | 37.7% | 67.7% |
| Needville Middle School NEEDVILLE | 853 | 41.3% | 67.3% |
| Splendora Junior High School SPLENDORA | 877 | 39.9% | 31.6% |
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 Deer Park Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #207 of 1,635 | #28 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #334 of 1,670 ▼ 71 | #40 of 219 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #320 of 1,670 ▲ 42 | #36 of 219 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,228 of 1,570 | #173 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #439 of 1,749 | #99 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #912 of 1,542 | #120 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #780 of 1,543 | #100 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #1,353 of 1,648 | #198 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #935 of 942 | #144 of 145 |
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
877
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 769
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 877 | 57.6 | 15.2:1 | 38% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 52.3 | 16.4:1 | 38% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 863 | 51.7 | 16.7:1 | 40% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 902 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 34% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 27% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 895 | 48 | 18.6:1 | 29% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 23% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 784 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 9% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 769 | 47 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Park Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (880 to 877); teachers up 13% (51 to 57.6).
About Deer Park Junior High School
Deer Park Junior High School is a middle-grades school in DEER PARK, Texas, according to federal school records. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 877 students. That is 36% bigger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Deer Park Junior High School is part of a district of 14 schools: DEER PARK ISD, with 12,165 students.
Hispanic students are 56% of those enrolled at Deer Park Junior High School. The remaining shares are 40% White and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The school has 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Deer Park Junior High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Texas public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Deer Park Junior High School would be expected to post about 57.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, San Jacinto Elementary School, is the closest to Deer Park Junior High School. Deer Park Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Deer Park Junior High School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 25 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Deer Park Junior High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEER PARK ISD
- Deer Park High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Fairmont Junior High SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Bonnette Junior High SchoolMiddle · 662 students
Other schools in DEER PARK
- Deer Park High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Bonnette Junior High SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Nearby schools
- San Jacinto Elementary School0.6 mi · 862
- Deer Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 661
- Deer Park High School1.2 mi · 4,057
- H S Point1.3 mi · 8
- Bonnette Junior High School1.8 mi · 662
- Carpenter Elementary School1.9 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Park Junior High SchoolHow large is Deer Park Junior High School?
Deer Park Junior High School enrolls approximately 877 students in grades 06-08.
Is Deer Park Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Park Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Park Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Park Junior High School is approximately 15.2:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Park Junior High School?
At Deer Park Junior High School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Deer Park Junior High School in?
Deer Park Junior High School is part of DEER PARK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.