GRUVER J H

As a tiny intermediate school in GRUVER, Texas, GRUVER J H enrolls 115 students from grades 5 through 8, run under GRUVER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 82% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

GRUVER ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 409 students. GRUVER J H is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, GRUVER J H records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 43% Hispanic. By comparison, Hansford County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at GRUVER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Hansford County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, GRUVER J H is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 77.2%, a residual of +22.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hansford County) records that median household income runs about $69,441, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hansford County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,229 students), of which GRUVER J H is one.

GRUVER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GRUVER J H comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 143 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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