GARLAND MCMEANS J H

As a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in KATY, Texas, GARLAND MCMEANS J H instructs 1,133 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within KATY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

GARLAND MCMEANS J H is one of 78 schools operated by KATY ISD, a district that caters to 96,111 students overall.

Demographically, GARLAND MCMEANS J H records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GARLAND MCMEANS J H ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 61.6%; GARLAND MCMEANS J H posts 82.6%, +21.0 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), GARLAND MCMEANS J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOELLA EXLEY EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GARLAND MCMEANS J H. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GARLAND MCMEANS J H ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GARLAND MCMEANS J H has showed little movement, going from 1,108 students in 2018 to 1,133 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 44% to 40%.

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