FINLEY J H

FINLEY J H, an average-sized middle school in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, operated by WAXAHACHIE ISD, teaches 839 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so FINLEY J H sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.

WAXAHACHIE ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,196 students; FINLEY J H is among them.

Demographically, FINLEY J H lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 36% White, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FINLEY J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ellis County shows median household earnings sit near $99,595, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which FINLEY J H is one.

The closest other public school is FELTY EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FINLEY J H comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. FINLEY J H's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,002 (now 839). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 44% to 36%.

On allk12, the feed for FINLEY J H typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.