GEORGE WEST J H

GEORGE WEST J H operates as a micro-enrollment 6-8 campus in GEORGE WEST, Texas, one of the schools within GEORGE WEST ISD. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GEORGE WEST J H sits 75% below that benchmark.

GEORGE WEST J H is one of 4 schools operated by GEORGE WEST ISD, a district that instructs 1,063 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEORGE WEST J H records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school logs 41% White. By comparison, Live Oak County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, GEORGE WEST J H has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, GEORGE WEST J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the broader community, Live Oak County reports that median household income runs about $57,150, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Live Oak County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,629 students), of which GEORGE WEST J H is one.

GEORGE WEST EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGE WEST J H ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GEORGE WEST J H's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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