DICKINSON J H

DICKINSON J H, a well-populated intermediate school in TEXAS CITY, Texas, one of the schools within DICKINSON ISD, hosts 1,060 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

DICKINSON ISD runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 12,554 students. DICKINSON J H is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DICKINSON J H records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 24% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Galveston County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DICKINSON J H has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DICKINSON J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Galveston County put median household earnings sit near $86,105, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), DICKINSON J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ODYSSEY ACADEMY - TEXAS CITY, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DICKINSON J H comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

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