DIBOLL J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DIBOLL J H
Set in DIBOLL, Texas, DIBOLL J H is a low-enrollment intermediate school, part of DIBOLL ISD. It works with 356 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 643.
DIBOLL J H is one of 5 schools operated by DIBOLL ISD, a district that caters to 1,582 students overall.
On demographics, DIBOLL J H reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 12% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Angelina County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting DIBOLL J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at DIBOLL J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DIBOLL J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.
Across the wider county, Angelina County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,960, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Angelina County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), of which DIBOLL J H is one.
DIBOLL H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DIBOLL J H ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.9%.
DIBOLL J H operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. DIBOLL J H's enrollment has rose 33% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 356). Over the same period, the White share grew from 32% to 37%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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