ENNIS J H

ENNIS J H, a mid-sized middle-grades school in ENNIS, Texas, operated by ENNIS ISD, serves 908 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ENNIS J H sits 41% above that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in ENNIS ISD (6,646 students total), ENNIS J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ENNIS J H lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White, 16% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ENNIS J H lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ENNIS J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of -8.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate median household income runs about $99,595, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. ENNIS J H is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

ENNIS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ENNIS J H ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.4%.

ENNIS J H operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 859 students in 2018 compared to 908 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.