Enrollment
165
Middle
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLETON ISD·NCES 482250002275
HARLETON J H
17240 STATE HWY 154, HARLETON, TX 75651 · (903) 777-3010 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
95 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
HARLETON J H→HARLETON H S
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HARLETON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
79.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +39.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +35.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 35 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 15 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
165
-19 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.8:1
% White
87%
was 89%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HARLETON J H
HARLETON J H is one of the micro-enrollment intermediate schools in HARLETON, Texas, one of the schools within HARLETON ISD, with 165 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 74% below typical.
HARLETON ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 705 students. HARLETON J H is one of those campuses.
On demographics, HARLETON J H records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Harrison County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, HARLETON J H logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at HARLETON J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARLETON J H sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.1%; actual is 64.4%, +15.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household income runs about $66,103, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Harrison County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,062 students), of which HARLETON J H is one.
The closest other public school is HARLETON EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARLETON J H comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.
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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 HARLETON ISD
- HARLETON ELElementary · 323 students
- HARLETON H SHigh · 217 students
Other schools in HARLETON
- HARLETON ELElementary · 323 students
- HARLETON H SHigh · 217 students
Nearby schools
- HARLETON EL0.0 mi · 323
- HARLETON H S0.2 mi · 217
- NEW DIANA MIDDLE10.4 mi · 269
- NEW DIANA H S10.4 mi · 330
- ROBERT F HUNT EL11.0 mi · 537
- HALLSVILLE H S11.2 mi · 1,451
Frequently asked questions
About HARLETON J HHow large is HARLETON J H?
HARLETON J H enrolls approximately 165 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HARLETON J H serve?
HARLETON J H serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARLETON J H?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARLETON J H is approximately 11.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARLETON J H?
At HARLETON J H, the student body is approximately 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is HARLETON J H public or private?
HARLETON J H is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARLETON ISD.
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