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Enrollment
527
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003829
Jackson Intermediate School
1020 E THOMAS, PASADENA, TX 77506 · (713) 740-0440 · Harris County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
490 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 248 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 53% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Jackson Intermediate School
Jackson Intermediate School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Intermediate School this school | 527 | 93.0% | 38.3% |
| Magoffin Middle School EL PASO | 541 | 92.8% | 31.8% |
| A Leal Jr Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 499 | 92.8% | 34.4% |
| Valley View Junior High School PHARR | 516 | 93.2% | 47.5% |
| Besteiro Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 558 | 94.4% | 45.1% |
| Ramiro Barrera Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 564 | 93.3% | 40.6% |
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 Jackson Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,023 of 1,635 | #127 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #618 of 1,670 ▼ 226 | #77 of 219 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,437 of 1,670 ▼ 75 | #193 of 219 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,075 of 1,570 | #150 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #1,050 of 1,749 | #164 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #108 of 1,542 | #13 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.4% | #1,418 of 1,543 | #210 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #162 of 1,648 | #45 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #189 of 942 | #42 of 145 |
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
527
-106 (-17%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 949
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 527 | 45.6 | 11.6:1 | 93% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 46.9 | 11.9:1 | 86% (480) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 50.5 | 12.7:1 | 94% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 94% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 51.8 | 13.9:1 | 89% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 89% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 18% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 71 | 15.3:1 | 80% (874) |
| 1990-91 | 949 | 50 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (721 to 527); teachers down 12% (51.8 to 45.6).
About Jackson Intermediate School
Jackson Intermediate School is a middle-grades school in PASADENA, Texas, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 527 students in grades 7 through 8.
Within PASADENA ISD, Jackson Intermediate School is one of 67 schools. The district enrolls 46,491 students.
Jackson Intermediate School is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 2% White. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The diversity index for Jackson Intermediate School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. About 93% of students at Jackson Intermediate School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Jackson Intermediate School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.3% is 4.3 points above the 34.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Jackson Intermediate School among them.
Gardens Elementary School is the nearest public school to Jackson Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Jackson Intermediate School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Jackson Intermediate School's location as City: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% decline, from 633 to 527. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.7:1 to 11.6:1.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Jackson Intermediate schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jackson Intermediate. Jackson Intermediate School is the largest of the 3.
- Jackson IntermediateHebron, OH · 380 students
- Jackson Intermediate SchoolJackson, AL · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Gardens Elementary School0.2 mi · 382
- Kruse Elementary School0.8 mi · 408
- De Zavala Middle School0.8 mi · 457
- Bobby Shaw Middle School0.8 mi · 655
- Red Bluff Elementary School0.8 mi · 476
- Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena0.9 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jackson Intermediate School?
Jackson Intermediate School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Jackson Intermediate School serve?
Jackson Intermediate School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Jackson Intermediate School have?
Jackson Intermediate School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Jackson Intermediate School?
Jackson Intermediate School reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Jackson Intermediate School in?
Jackson Intermediate School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.