GANADO JH

GANADO JH operates as a very small 6-8 campus in GANADO, Texas, operated by GANADO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 170 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GANADO JH sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

GANADO JH is one of 3 schools operated by GANADO ISD, a district that works with 712 students overall.

On demographics, GANADO JH records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 38% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, GANADO JH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,414 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jackson County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students), GANADO JH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GANADO H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GANADO JH comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GANADO JH has held roughly steady, going from 170 students in 2018 to 170 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 51% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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