JIM BARNES MIDDLE

As a mid-sized junior high in SEGUIN, Texas, JIM BARNES MIDDLE serves 762 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within SEGUIN ISD.

Across the 14 schools in SEGUIN ISD (7,290 students total), JIM BARNES MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JIM BARNES MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JIM BARNES MIDDLE records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at JIM BARNES MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Guadalupe County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JIM BARNES MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -12.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Guadalupe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,375 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. JIM BARNES MIDDLE is one of 49 public schools in Guadalupe County (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students).

The closest other public school is KOENNECKE EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JIM BARNES MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JIM BARNES MIDDLE at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

JIM BARNES MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. JIM BARNES MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 863 (now 762). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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