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Enrollment
473
Middle
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAHAM ISD·NCES 482136002136
Graham Junior High School
1000 SECOND ST, GRAHAM, TX 76450 · (940) 549-2002 · Young County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
234 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 151 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 33% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Graham Junior High School→Graham High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GRAHAM ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 28.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Graham Junior High School
Graham Junior High School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Junior High School this school | 473 | 49.5% | 46.0% |
| W E Hoover Elementary School AZLE | 535 | 53.8% | 45.0% |
| Gatesville Intermediate School GATESVILLE | 599 | 50.4% | 36.6% |
| Springtown Intermediate School SPRINGTOWN | 612 | 52.1% | 34.5% |
| Springtown Middle School SPRINGTOWN | 633 | 47.4% | 35.4% |
| Bandera Middle School BANDERA | 534 | 47.9% | 44.7% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Graham Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #658 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #934 of 1,670 ▼ 370 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #950 of 1,670 ▼ 279 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #888 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #1,134 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #301 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #1,001 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,157 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #557 of 942 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-91 (-16%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 49% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 36.6 | 13.6:1 | 59% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 40.9 | 13.1:1 | 61% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 55% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 39.2 | 13.7:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 54% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 51% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 34% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (538 to 473); teachers down 6% (39.2 to 37).
About Graham Junior High School
Graham Junior High School is a small middle school found in GRAHAM, Texas. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 473 students. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
The district, GRAHAM ISD, operates 4 schools serving 2,148 students.
About 68% of the student body at Graham Junior High School is White. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Young County residents are White. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Graham Junior High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. Graham Junior High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 49%. Public schools in Young County average a similar 51%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Graham Junior High School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Graham Junior High School is 6.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.0% versus 52.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Young County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,010 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Graham Junior High School, Young County has 8 public schools.
Graham Junior High School's nearest public school is Graham High School (about 0.6 miles). There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Graham Junior High School is 7th on average proficiency.
Graham Junior High School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Graham Junior High School enrolled 564 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 473. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Graham Junior High School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Young County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,029
Census ACS
Median income
$68,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,066 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAHAM ISD
- Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 979 students
- Graham High SchoolHigh · 694 students
- Graham Learning CenterHigh · 2 students
Other schools in GRAHAM
- Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 979 students
- Graham High SchoolHigh · 694 students
- Graham Learning CenterHigh · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Graham High School0.6 mi · 694
- Graham Learning Center0.6 mi · 2
- Graham Elementary School1.0 mi · 979
- Newcastle School10.8 mi · 227
- Bryson School12.2 mi · 267
- Olney High School20.9 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Graham Junior High SchoolHow large is Graham Junior High School?
Graham Junior High School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 06-08.
Is Graham Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Graham Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Graham Junior High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Graham Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Graham Junior High School?
At Graham Junior High School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Graham Junior High School public or private?
Graham Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GRAHAM ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.