GUNN J H

GUNN J H, a mid-sized intermediate school in ARLINGTON, Texas, run under ARLINGTON ISD, enrolls 879 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

ARLINGTON ISD runs 75 schools in total, collectively educating 53,394 students. GUNN J H is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GUNN J H records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 20% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at GUNN J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GUNN J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), GUNN J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SHORT EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GUNN J H at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUNN J H has grew 99%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 879 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 45% to 54%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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