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Enrollment
1,040
Middle
DISTRICT 984 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE PASS ISD·NCES 481773001539
Eagle Pass Junior High School
1750 N BIBB, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852 · (830) 758-7037 · Maverick County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,040 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-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
18.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
731 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 7 | 526 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 514 | 49% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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%.
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 Eagle Pass Junior High School
Eagle Pass Junior High School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Pass Junior High School this school | 1,040 | 70.3% | 45.0% |
| Stillman Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 964 | 67.7% | 56.8% |
| Resaca Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 870 | 71.0% | 47.4% |
| Col John O Ensor Middle School EL PASO | 1,070 | 68.0% | 59.2% |
| Wiggs Middle School EL PASO | 943 | 69.8% | 47.6% |
| Central Middle School WESLACO | 1,060 | 65.6% | 53.6% |
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 Eagle Pass Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #698 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #795 of 1,670 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #532 of 1,670 ▼ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #199 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,040 | #244 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,446 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,436 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #700 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #796 of 942 |
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
1,040
-64 (-6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,232
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 1,040 | 56.8 | 18.3:1 | 70% (731) |
| 2023-24 | 1,051 | 56.5 | 18.6:1 | 72% (754) |
| 2022-23 | 1,051 | 55.2 | 19.0:1 | 74% (775) |
| 2020-21 | 1,104 | 57 | 19.4:1 | 76% (840) |
| 2017-18 | 1,089 | 66.1 | 16.5:1 | 69% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 1,187 | 68 | 17.5:1 | 73% (867) |
| 2010-11 | 1,102 | 70 | 15.7:1 | 2% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 80% (678) |
| 1990-91 | 1,232 | 65 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eagle Pass Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,089 to 1,040); teachers down 14% (66.1 to 56.8).
About Eagle Pass Junior High School
Located in EAGLE PASS, Texas, Eagle Pass Junior High School is a large middle school. Its enrollment is 1,040 students, spread over grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
Eagle Pass Junior High School is one school in a 24-school district, EAGLE PASS ISD, which enrolls 13,820 students.
The share of students at Eagle Pass Junior High School who are Hispanic is 97%. The remaining students are 2% White. Maverick County residents are about 95% Hispanic, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
Eagle Pass Junior High School has 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. The school's 18.3:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The school has 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 78% average for public schools in Maverick County.
Eagle Pass Junior High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.7% for Eagle Pass Junior High School. The school posts 45.0%, 1.3 points above the prediction.
Census data for Maverick County show the median household earns about $49,568 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Eagle Pass Junior High School, Maverick County has 24 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Eagle Pass Junior High School is closest to Liberty Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Eagle Pass Junior High School at 4th of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Eagle Pass Junior High School enrolled 1,104 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,040. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.4:1 to 18.3:1.
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Maverick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,082
Census ACS
Median income
$49,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
13,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAGLE PASS ISD
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Dena Kelso Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
Other schools in EAGLE PASS
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Dena Kelso Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Elementary School0.4 mi · 539
- Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School0.7 mi · 438
- Eagle Pass High School0.8 mi · 2,326
- Armando Cerna Elementary School0.9 mi · 588
- Kennedy Elementary School1.0 mi · 424
- DAEP1.0 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Eagle Pass Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Eagle Pass Junior High School?
Eagle Pass Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,040 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Eagle Pass Junior High School serve?
Eagle Pass Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Eagle Pass Junior High School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Eagle Pass Junior High School.
How diverse is Eagle Pass Junior High School?
Eagle Pass Junior High School reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Eagle Pass Junior High School?
Eagle Pass Junior High School is overseen by EAGLE PASS ISD in Maverick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.