JASPER J H

JASPER J H is a middle-grades school of intimate scale in JASPER, Texas, one of the schools within JASPER ISD, teacheing 464 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

JASPER ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,070 students. JASPER J H is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JASPER J H lists that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jasper County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at JASPER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jasper County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, JASPER J H sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.9%; actual is 19.3%, a gap of -21.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jasper County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,723, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jasper County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,411 students), of which JASPER J H is one.

The closest other public school is PARNELL EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JASPER J H ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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