FARWELL J H

FARWELL J H is one of the rural-scale middle-grades schools in FARWELL, Texas, operated by FARWELL ISD, with 131 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 80% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

FARWELL ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 599 students. FARWELL J H is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FARWELL J H shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 45% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, FARWELL J H logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Parmer County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FARWELL J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 66.1%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Parmer County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,735 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Parmer County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,164 students), FARWELL J H is one campus in the mix.

FARWELL H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FARWELL J H at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FARWELL J H has ticked up 5%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 51% to 45%.

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