Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO ISD·NCES 482328002364
Hillsboro Junior High School
210 E WALNUT ST, HILLSBORO, TX 76645 · (254) 582-4120 · Hill County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
212 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 148 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 49% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 37.0% | 14.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 71.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 36.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 17 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 →
Schools most like Hillsboro Junior High School
Hillsboro Junior High School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Junior High School this school | 290 | 73.1% | 59.7% |
| Rice JH ALTAIR | 282 | 76.6% | 25.6% |
| Slaton Junior High School SLATON | 251 | 69.7% | 32.6% |
| Yoakum Junior High School YOAKUM | 273 | 77.7% | 41.8% |
| Hillsboro Intermediate School HILLSBORO | 428 | 74.8% | 53.5% |
| Walker Junior High School MONAHANS | 318 | 66.0% | 39.4% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hillsboro Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #253 of 1,635 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #104 of 1,670 ▼ 16 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #266 of 1,670 ▲ 149 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #642 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #1,409 of 1,749 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #182 of 1,542 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #760 of 1,543 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #660 of 1,648 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #88 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
290
-145 (-33%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 290 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 73% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 28.5 | 9.6:1 | 73% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 23.5 | 11.6:1 | 72% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 63% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 33.9 | 13.2:1 | 64% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 24 | 11.0:1 | 69% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | 20 | 11.9:1 | 77% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 61% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsboro Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (445 to 290); teachers down 29% (33.9 to 24).
About Hillsboro Junior High School
Federal records list Hillsboro Junior High School as a middle-grades school in HILLSBORO, Texas. The school counted 290 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. The school is 55% below the average for middle schools in Texas.
HILLSBORO ISD is responsible for 5 schools, Hillsboro Junior High School included, with 1,984 students in all.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Hillsboro Junior High School. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% White, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Hill County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Hillsboro Junior High School are from different groups.
On staff are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Hillsboro Junior High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 73%. Across public schools in Hill County, the average is 64%.
Hillsboro Junior High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at Hillsboro Junior High School are 17.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.7%, compared with a predicted 42.5%, which ranks in the top 10% in Texas.
American Community Survey estimates for Hill County show that median household income comes to about $64,591, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Hill County counts 34 public schools with about 6,430 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program, is the closest to Hillsboro Junior High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Its average proficiency rate of 59.7% is above the 48.8% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 290, from 435 in 2020-21.
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Hill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,328
Census ACS
Median income
$64,591
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
6,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBORO ISD
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in HILLSBORO
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other Hillsboro Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hillsboro Junior High. Hillsboro Junior High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- HILLSBORO JR. HIGHHILLSBORO, MO · 492 students
- Hillsboro Jr High SchoolHillsboro, IL · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program0.6 mi · 1
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program0.6 mi · 1
- Hillsboro Intermediate School1.2 mi · 428
- Hillsboro Elementary School1.7 mi · 649
- Hillsboro High School1.8 mi · 616
- Bynum School7.9 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsboro Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hillsboro Junior High School?
Hillsboro Junior High School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Hillsboro Junior High School serve?
Hillsboro Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Junior High School is approximately 12.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hillsboro Junior High School?
Hillsboro Junior High School reports a student body of 20% White, 64% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hillsboro Junior High School public or private?
Hillsboro Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBORO ISD.
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