FERRIS J H

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in FERRIS, Texas, FERRIS J H caters to 658 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within FERRIS ISD.

FERRIS J H is one of 5 schools operated by FERRIS ISD, a district that hosts 3,010 students overall.

On the student-mix side, FERRIS J H records that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 15% White, 12% Black. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FERRIS J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -5.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ellis County shows median household earnings sit near $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), FERRIS J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FERRIS H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FERRIS J H ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FERRIS J H has climbed 11%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 658 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 6% to 12% across the same window.

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