HORACE MANN J H

HORACE MANN J H is a middle school of mid-tier scale in BAYTOWN, Texas, operated by GOOSE CREEK CISD, instructing 765 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within GOOSE CREEK CISD, which oversees 34 schools and 24,032 students, HORACE MANN J H is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HORACE MANN J H shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 11% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, HORACE MANN J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HORACE MANN J H is one.

Nearest neighbor: DE ZAVALA EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HORACE MANN J H comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 984 students in 2018 compared to 765 in 2025.

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