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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALLSVILLE ISD·NCES 482217002229
Hallsville Junior High School
#1 BOBCAT LN, HALLSVILLE, TX 75650 · (903) 668-5990 · Harrison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
310 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 7 | 393 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 375 | 49% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Hallsville Junior High School→Hallsville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HALLSVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Hallsville Junior High School
Hallsville Junior High School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallsville Junior High School this school | 768 | 40.4% | 64.2% |
| Hallsville Intermediate School HALLSVILLE | 759 | 44.0% | 58.4% |
| Hardin-Jefferson Junior High School SOUR LAKE TX | 656 | 39.8% | 56.9% |
| Lindale Junior High School LINDALE | 695 | 44.6% | 67.1% |
| Whitehouse Junior High School WHITEHOUSE | 751 | 42.6% | 64.2% |
| Acton Middle School GRANBURY | 938 | 42.4% | 56.0% |
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 Hallsville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #172 of 1,635 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #237 of 1,670 ▼ 82 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #405 of 1,670 ▼ 101 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #63 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #624 of 1,749 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #279 of 1,542 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #926 of 1,543 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #1,318 of 1,648 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #87 of 942 | N/A |
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
768
-383 (-33%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 768 | 60.6 | 12.7:1 | 40% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 60.3 | 12.2:1 | 43% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 1,139 | 89.5 | 12.7:1 | 46% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 1,151 | 93 | 12.4:1 | 43% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 1,186 | 82 | 14.5:1 | 39% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 1,141 | 83 | 13.8:1 | 37% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 54 | 12.5:1 | 38% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 24% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hallsville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,186 to 768); teachers down 26% (82 to 60.6).
About Hallsville Junior High School
Hallsville Junior High School is a medium-sized middle school based in HALLSVILLE, Texas. The school enrolls 768 students, from grades 7 through 8.
HALLSVILLE ISD enrolls 24,602 students in 7 schools, including Hallsville Junior High School.
Hallsville Junior High School is 69% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 60.6 full-time equivalents, or about 12.7 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Texas have 14.4:1, compared with 12.7:1 here. About 40% of students, or 310, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Harrison County average 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Hallsville Junior High School is A-. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hallsville Junior High School is 7.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (64.2% versus 56.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Census estimates describe Harrison County this way: the median household income is $66,103, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Hallsville Junior High School, Harrison County has 28 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Hallsville Intermediate School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hallsville Junior High School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Hallsville Junior High School dropped 33% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,151 to 768 students.
Discussions about Hallsville Junior High School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,155
Census ACS
Median income
$66,103
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
32,062 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HALLSVILLE ISD
- Texas Virtual Academy at HallsvilleCombined · 19,731 students
- Hallsville High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Hallsville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Hallsville West Elementary SchoolElementary · 703 students
- Hallsville East Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Hallsville North Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in HALLSVILLE
- Texas Virtual Academy at HallsvilleCombined · 19,731 students
- Hallsville High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Hallsville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Hallsville East Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Hallsville North Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Hallsville DAEPCombined
Nearby schools
- Hallsville Intermediate School0.3 mi · 759
- Hallsville East Elementary School0.4 mi · 598
- Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville0.9 mi · 19,731
- Hallsville North Elementary School1.5 mi · 592
- Hallsville High School2.3 mi · 1,451
- Hallsville West Elementary School7.2 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Hallsville Junior High SchoolHow large is Hallsville Junior High School?
Hallsville Junior High School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 07-08.
Is Hallsville Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hallsville Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hallsville Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hallsville Junior High School is approximately 12.7:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hallsville Junior High School?
At Hallsville Junior High School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hallsville Junior High School public or private?
Hallsville Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HALLSVILLE ISD.
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