IAGO J H

IAGO J H is one of the small 6-8 campuss in BOLING, Texas, overseen by BOLING ISD, with 264 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

IAGO J H is one of 3 schools operated by BOLING ISD, a district that enrolls 1,151 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IAGO J H lists that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% White, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wharton County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IAGO J H is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 68.9%; IAGO J H posts 45.9%, -23.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wharton County indicate median household income runs about $66,924, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wharton County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), IAGO J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BOLING H S, roughly 1.7 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IAGO J H comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 278 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 60% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.