INDUSTRIAL J H

Located at #3 FIFTH ST, in VANDERBILT, Texas, INDUSTRIAL J H is a tiny junior high that educates 254 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by INDUSTRIAL ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so INDUSTRIAL J H sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in INDUSTRIAL ISD (1,156 students total), INDUSTRIAL J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, INDUSTRIAL J H records that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 34% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, INDUSTRIAL J H has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at INDUSTRIAL J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), INDUSTRIAL J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 74.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $65,414, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. INDUSTRIAL J H is one of 12 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students).

The closest other public school is INDUSTRIAL H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around INDUSTRIAL J H. On composite proficiency, INDUSTRIAL J H comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the INDUSTRIAL J H community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.