Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
About EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H
EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in DICKINSON, Texas, overseen by DICKINSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 877 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H is one of 19 schools operated by DICKINSON ISD, a district that serves 12,554 students overall.
In terms of who attends, EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 28% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Galveston County's rate of about 57%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Galveston County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: JOHN AND SHAMARION BARBER MIDDLE, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EUGENE 'GENE' KRANZ J H comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- DICKINSON H SHigh · 3,810 students
- DICKINSON J HMiddle · 1,060 students
- R D MCADAMS J HMiddle · 891 students
- LOUIS G LOBIT ELElementary · 774 students
- ELVA C LOBIT MIDDLEElementary · 669 students
- JOHN AND SHAMARION BARBER MIDDLEElementary · 614 students
- DICKINSON H SHigh · 3,810 students
- R D MCADAMS J HMiddle · 891 students
- JOHN AND SHAMARION BARBER MIDDLEElementary · 614 students
- HUGHES ROAD ELElementary · 585 students
- DUNBAR MIDDLEElementary · 558 students
- SAN LEON ELElementary · 540 students
- JOHN AND SHAMARION BARBER MIDDLE1.4 mi · 614
- DICKINSON H S1.9 mi · 3,810
- KENNETH E LITTLE EL2.0 mi · 505
- SANDRA MOSSMAN EL2.1 mi · 789
- BAYSIDE INT2.1 mi · 978
- CLEAR FALLS H S2.2 mi · 2,508