HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE

HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE is a small middle school in BEAUMONT, Texas, one of the schools within HAMSHIRE-FANNETT ISD. The school enrolls 469 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within HAMSHIRE-FANNETT ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,006 students, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 11% Black. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 40% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.0%; this one comes in at 40.1%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,026, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAMSHIRE-FANNETT INT, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. HAMSHIRE-FANNETT MIDDLE's enrollment has increased 55% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 469). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 18% to 23% over that span.

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