HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE

Set in TERRELL, Texas, HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE is a big junior high, operated by TERRELL ISD. It teaches 1,166 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in TERRELL ISD (5,283 students total), HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 20% White, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE shows 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kaufman County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.3%.

HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HERMAN FURLOUGH JR MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 22% since 2018, when it stood at 956 (now 1,166). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 49% to 57% over that span.

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