JUNCTION EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUNCTION EL
JUNCTION EL operates as an intimate elementary campus in JUNCTION, Texas, run under JUNCTION ISD. Current enrollment sits at 294 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.
Across the 3 schools in JUNCTION ISD (589 students total), JUNCTION EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, JUNCTION EL shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JUNCTION EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 33.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Kimble County shows median household earnings sit near $69,455, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kimble County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 589 students), JUNCTION EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is JUNCTION H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JUNCTION EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JUNCTION EL has declined 4%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
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Kimble County at a glance
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