IRONS J H

IRONS J H, an expansive 6-8 campus in CONROE, Texas, part of CONROE ISD, instructs 1,242 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 93% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within CONROE ISD, which oversees 66 schools and 72,914 students, IRONS J H is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IRONS J H lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 34% White, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, IRONS J H shows 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, IRONS J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. IRONS J H is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUCHMA EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IRONS J H. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IRONS J H ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. IRONS J H's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,088 (now 1,242). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 34%.

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