HARRY WRIGHT JH

HARRY WRIGHT JH, a high-enrollment junior high in RICHMOND, Texas, part of LAMAR CISD, educates 1,444 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HARRY WRIGHT JH sits 125% above that benchmark.

Across the 49 schools in LAMAR CISD (46,786 students total), HARRY WRIGHT JH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HARRY WRIGHT JH shows that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 33% Black, 11% Asian, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, HARRY WRIGHT JH reports 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARRY WRIGHT JH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the area at large, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which HARRY WRIGHT JH is one.

DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARRY WRIGHT JH. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARRY WRIGHT JH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

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