Enrollment
366
Middle
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST CHAMBERS ISD·NCES 481788001562
East Chambers Junior High School
1931 STATE HWY 124, WINNIE, TX 77665 · (409) 296-4183 · Chambers County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- CThree-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
16.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
242 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 102 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 37% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 32.0% | 36.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 East Chambers Junior High School
East Chambers Junior High School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Chambers Junior High School this school | 366 | 66.1% | 41.7% |
| Sweetwater Middle School SWEETWATER | 372 | 65.3% | 29.7% |
| Diboll Junior High School DIBOLL | 356 | 68.3% | 40.2% |
| Caldwell Intermediate School CALDWELL | 439 | 67.7% | 46.5% |
| Giddings Middle School GIDDINGS | 389 | 62.2% | 41.6% |
| Edna Junior High School EDNA | 310 | 69.7% | 48.5% |
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 East Chambers Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Chambers County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #854 of 1,635 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #961 of 1,670 ▲ 327 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,129 of 1,670 ▼ 389 | #5 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,117 of 1,570 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #1,314 of 1,749 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,106 of 1,542 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #527 of 1,543 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #810 of 1,648 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #178 of 437 | N/A |
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
366
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 366 | 22.9 | 16.0:1 | 66% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 22.2 | 16.1:1 | 61% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 59% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 66% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 207 | 15 | 13.8:1 | 54% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 46% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 35% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 31 | 7.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Chambers Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (317 to 366); teachers up 4% (22 to 22.9).
About East Chambers Junior High School
In WINNIE, Texas, East Chambers Junior High School is a small middle school. It had 366 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
The district, EAST CHAMBERS ISD, has 1,562 students enrolled across 4 schools.
More than half of the students at East Chambers Junior High School are Hispanic (51%). The next largest groups are 38% White, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Chambers County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
There are 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.0:1. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Chambers County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, East Chambers Junior High School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Texas public middle schools.
East Chambers Junior High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.7% and a predicted 45.5%.
Chambers County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $109,804 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. East Chambers Junior High School shares Chambers County with 17 other public schools.
East Chambers High School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of East Chambers Junior High School, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.5%; East Chambers Junior High School's is 41.7%, ranking 7th of 8.
The federal government classifies East Chambers Junior High School's location as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment rose 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.4:1 to 16.0:1.
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Chambers County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,498
Census ACS
Median income
$109,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
11,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST CHAMBERS ISD
- East Chambers High SchoolHigh · 447 students
- East Chambers Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- East Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in WINNIE
- East Chambers High SchoolHigh · 447 students
- East Chambers Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- East Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- East Chambers High School0.1 mi · 447
- East Chambers Elementary School0.2 mi · 318
- East Chambers Primary School0.4 mi · 431
- Hamshire-Fannett High School5.7 mi · 633
- Hamshire-Fannett Intermediate School11.2 mi · 275
- Hamshire-Fannett Middle School11.3 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About East Chambers Junior High SchoolHow many students attend East Chambers Junior High School?
East Chambers Junior High School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does East Chambers Junior High School serve?
East Chambers Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at East Chambers Junior High School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at East Chambers Junior High School.
How diverse is East Chambers Junior High School?
East Chambers Junior High School reports a student body of 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is East Chambers Junior High School public or private?
East Chambers Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST CHAMBERS ISD.
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