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DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
About DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H
Set in PEARLAND, Texas, DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H is a heavily attended middle-grades school, overseen by ALVIN ISD. It works with 1,034 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 37 schools in ALVIN ISD (30,038 students total), DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H records that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 28% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 14% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.5%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +9.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household income runs about $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H is one.
Nearest neighbor: GLENN YORK EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H. On composite proficiency, DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.
DR RONALD E MCNAIR J H operates from an outer-ring location.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brazoria County at a glance
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