GILBERT GERDES J H

GILBERT GERDES J H is a compact junior high in LULING, Texas, overseen by LULING ISD. The school enrolls 306 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

LULING ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,443 students; GILBERT GERDES J H is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GILBERT GERDES J H shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Caldwell County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GILBERT GERDES J H has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at GILBERT GERDES J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, GILBERT GERDES J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Caldwell County put the typical household earns roughly $69,758 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caldwell County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,286 students), of which GILBERT GERDES J H is one.

The closest other public school is LULING H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around GILBERT GERDES J H. On composite proficiency, GILBERT GERDES J H comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 333 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025.

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