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Enrollment
908
Middle
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENNIS ISD·NCES 481854001739
Ennis Junior High School
3101 ENSIGN RD, ENNIS, TX 75119 · (972) 872-3850 · Ellis County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL908 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
543 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 462 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 446 | 49% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ENNIS ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Ennis Junior High School
Ennis Junior High School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis Junior High School this school | 908 | 59.8% | 37.0% |
| Kitty Hawk Middle School UNIVERSAL CITY | 1,062 | 59.6% | 40.9% |
| Waller Junior High School WALLER | 951 | 64.6% | 37.6% |
| Calhoun Middle School DENTON | 852 | 64.8% | 39.3% |
| Schultz Junior High School WALLER | 1,194 | 59.6% | 41.6% |
| Strickland Middle School DENTON | 956 | 65.7% | 35.5% |
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 Ennis Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,091 of 1,635 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,101 of 1,670 ▲ 35 | #9 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,219 of 1,670 ▼ 78 | #12 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #885 of 1,570 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 908 | #390 of 1,749 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #810 of 1,542 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #477 of 1,543 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #948 of 1,648 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #315 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
908
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 981
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 908 | 61.5 | 14.8:1 | 60% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 891 | 60.5 | 14.7:1 | 71% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 886 | 59.6 | 14.9:1 | 69% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 909 | 56 | 16.2:1 | 61% (552) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 49.8 | 17.3:1 | 70% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 66% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 64% (534) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 47% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 981 | 51 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ennis Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (859 to 908); teachers up 23% (49.8 to 61.5).
About Ennis Junior High School
Ennis Junior High School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of ENNIS, Texas. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 908 students. The school's enrollment is 41% larger than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Ennis Junior High School is one school in ENNIS ISD, a system of 12 schools with 6,646 students.
By race and ethnicity, Ennis Junior High School is 55% Hispanic. The school is also 25% White, 16% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Ellis County residents. By the diversity index, Ennis Junior High School comes in at 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1, with 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Texas average about 14.4:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 60% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Ellis County average 51%.
allk12 grades Ennis Junior High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ennis Junior High School is 11.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.0% versus 48.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Ellis County has these Census figures: median household income is about $99,595, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Ennis Junior High School is among the 83 public schools in Ellis County.
The shortest distance from Ennis Junior High School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Ennis High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ennis Junior High School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Ennis Junior High School's location as Town: Distant.
Federal data show 909 students in 2020-21 and 908 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.8:1.
Community posts for Ennis Junior High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ENNIS ISD
- Ennis High SchoolHigh · 1,887 students
- Jack Lummus Intermediate SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- David S Crockett Early Childhood CenterElementary · 479 students
- Alamo Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Dorie Miller Intermediate SchoolElementary · 447 students
Other schools in ENNIS
- Ennis High SchoolHigh · 1,887 students
- Jack Lummus Intermediate SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- David S Crockett Early Childhood CenterElementary · 479 students
- Alamo Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Dorie Miller Intermediate SchoolElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Ennis High School0.4 mi · 1,887
- Houston Elementary School0.8 mi · 363
- David S Crockett Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 479
- Dorie Miller Intermediate School1.2 mi · 447
- Bowie Elementary School2.0 mi · 506
- Jack Lummus Intermediate School2.1 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Ennis Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ennis Junior High School?
Ennis Junior High School enrolls approximately 908 students in grades 07-08.
Is Ennis Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ennis Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Ennis Junior High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Ennis Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Ennis Junior High School?
Student demographics at Ennis Junior High School are roughly 25% White, 55% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ennis Junior High School?
Ennis Junior High School is overseen by ENNIS ISD in Ellis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.