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JOURDANTON H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 40 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOURDANTON H S
JOURDANTON H S operates as an intimate secondary school in JOURDANTON, Texas, operated by JOURDANTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 471 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.
JOURDANTON ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,554 students; JOURDANTON H S is among them.
On the student-mix side, JOURDANTON H S reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 36% White.
In terms of school funding signals, JOURDANTON H S reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JOURDANTON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Atascosa County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, JOURDANTON H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Atascosa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,770, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Atascosa County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,105 students), JOURDANTON H S is one campus in the mix.
JOURDANTON J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
JOURDANTON H S operates from a town-center location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOURDANTON H S has expanded 10%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
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