HEREFORD J H

HEREFORD J H is one of the compact intermediate schools in HEREFORD, Texas, overseen by HEREFORD ISD, with 534 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 7.

HEREFORD J H is one of 8 schools operated by HEREFORD ISD, a district that serves 3,964 students overall.

On demographics, HEREFORD J H lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 76% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HEREFORD J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at HEREFORD J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HEREFORD J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Deaf Smith County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,799 per year, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Deaf Smith County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,110 students), of which HEREFORD J H is one.

HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around HEREFORD J H. On composite proficiency, HEREFORD J H comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.