Enrollment
115
Middle
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRUVER ISD·NCES 482193002211
GRUVER J H
405 GARRETT AVE, GRUVER, TX 79040 · (806) 733-2081 · Hansford County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
51 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
GRUVER J H→GRUVER H S
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GRUVER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
89.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
83.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
115
-28 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 13.6:1
% White
56%
was 50%
% Hispanic
43%
was 48%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hansford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,119
Census ACS
Median income
$69,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,229 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRUVER ISD
- GRUVER ELElementary · 153 students
- GRUVER H SHigh · 141 students
Other schools in GRUVER
- GRUVER ELElementary · 153 students
- GRUVER H SHigh · 141 students
Nearby schools
- GRUVER EL0.1 mi · 153
- GRUVER H S0.1 mi · 141
- GUS BIRDWELL EL12.3 mi · 343
- SPEARMAN J H12.4 mi · 160
- SPEARMAN H S13.0 mi · 189
- PRINGLE-MORSE SCHOOLS14.6 mi · 128
Frequently asked questions
About GRUVER J HWhat is the total enrollment at GRUVER J H?
GRUVER J H enrolls approximately 115 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does GRUVER J H serve?
GRUVER J H serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GRUVER J H?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at GRUVER J H.
What is the student diversity at GRUVER J H?
Student demographics at GRUVER J H are roughly 56% White, 43% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GRUVER J H?
GRUVER J H is overseen by GRUVER ISD in Hansford County.
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