EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE

Set in SILSBEE, Texas, EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE is a mid-sized 6-8 campus, part of SILSBEE ISD. It instructs 597 students across grades 6 through 8.

EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by SILSBEE ISD, a district that instructs 2,588 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hardin County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.6%; this one comes in at 26.8%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Hardin County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,808, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hardin County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,541 students), EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SILSBEE H S, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDWARDS-JOHNSON MEMORIAL MIDDLE has changed only slightly, going from 610 students in 2018 to 597 in 2025.

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