JUNCTION 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 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2021.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 H S
JUNCTION H S, an one-room-style 9-12 campus in JUNCTION, Texas, one of the schools within JUNCTION ISD, hosts 177 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Within JUNCTION ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 589 students, JUNCTION H S is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, JUNCTION H S reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JUNCTION H S has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JUNCTION H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, JUNCTION H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 52.6%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kimble County indicate median household income runs about $69,455, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kimble County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 589 students), JUNCTION H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: JUNCTION MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around JUNCTION H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JUNCTION H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.7%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 173 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 43% to 37% over that span.
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- PATHWAYS 3H CAMPUS25.6 mi · 18
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- MENARD H S29.4 mi · 82
- MENARD ELEMENTARY/JH29.5 mi · 182