HAMILTON J H

Set in HAMILTON, Texas, HAMILTON J H is an one-room-style junior high, run under HAMILTON ISD. It enrolls 194 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HAMILTON J H sits 70% leaner than that benchmark.

HAMILTON ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 823 students; HAMILTON J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, HAMILTON J H logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HAMILTON J H has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HAMILTON J H tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAMILTON J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hamilton County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,219 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Hamilton County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,787 students), of which HAMILTON J H is one.

Nearest neighbor: ANN WHITNEY EL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HAMILTON J H. On composite proficiency, HAMILTON J H comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAMILTON J H has rose 12%, going from 173 students in 2018 to 194 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.