Enrollment
234
Middle
DISTRICT 170 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KARNES CITY ISD·NCES 482514002804
Karnes City Junior High School
410 E HWY 123, KARNES CITY, TX 78118 · (830) 780-6400 · Karnes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
138 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 63 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 38% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within KARNES CITY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 31.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Karnes City Junior High School
Karnes City Junior High School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes City Junior High School this school | 234 | 59.0% | 28.1% |
| Lillion E Luehrs Junior High School BISHOP | 330 | 58.8% | 53.8% |
| William G Gravitt Junior High School DENVER CITY | 319 | 58.6% | 35.5% |
| Odem Junior High School ODEM | 204 | 67.2% | 36.6% |
| Spearman Junior High School SPEARMAN | 160 | 62.5% | 49.2% |
| Natalia Junior High School NATALIA | 254 | 67.3% | 26.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Karnes City Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #1,448 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,109 of 1,670 ▲ 353 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,364 of 1,670 ▲ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.5pp | #260 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #1,499 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #16 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #1,173 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #966 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #664 of 942 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
234
-60 (-20%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 234 | 23.5 | 10.0:1 | 59% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 21.5 | 10.7:1 | 60% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 19.2 | 11.5:1 | 62% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 67% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 17.7 | 14.6:1 | 72% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 64% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 16 | 13.2:1 | 66% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 23 | 10.1:1 | 50% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Karnes City Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (257 to 234); teachers up 33% (17.7 to 23.5).
About Karnes City Junior High School
This page covers Karnes City Junior High School, a very small middle-grades school in KARNES CITY, Texas. Enrollment stands at 234 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 64% below the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
KARNES CITY ISD operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,021 students.
About 80% of the student body at Karnes City Junior High School is Hispanic. Other students are 18% White. By comparison, Karnes County residents are about 53% Hispanic. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Karnes City Junior High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Karnes City Junior High School is 10.0:1, based on 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Karnes City Junior High School counts 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Karnes City Junior High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Texas public middle schools.
Karnes City Junior High School is a bottom-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.1% against a predicted 48.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Karnes County show that the median household earns about $60,214 a year, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Karnes County, 15 public schools serve about 2,456 students.
Of the public schools around it, Karnes City Junior High School is closest to Karnes City High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Karnes City Junior High School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 20%, from 294 to 234. Students per teacher dropped from 14.7 in 2020-21 to 10.0 in 2024-25.
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Karnes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,968
Census ACS
Median income
$60,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KARNES CITY ISD
- Karnes City Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Karnes City High SchoolHigh · 281 students
- Karnes City Primary SchoolElementary · 206 students
- Kcisd - DAEPHigh · 3 students
- Karnes City J J Alternative Education ProgramHigh · 1 students
- Eschool Prep AcademyCombined
Other schools in KARNES CITY
- Karnes City Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Karnes City High SchoolHigh · 281 students
- Karnes City Primary SchoolElementary · 206 students
- Eschool Prep AcademyCombined
- Lone Star Virtual AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Karnes City High School0.0 mi · 281
- Karnes City Primary School0.5 mi · 206
- Karnes City Elementary School0.5 mi · 296
- Kenedy High School4.6 mi · 219
- Kenedy Middle School4.6 mi · 149
- Kenedy Elementary School4.8 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Karnes City Junior High SchoolHow large is Karnes City Junior High School?
Karnes City Junior High School enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Karnes City Junior High School serve?
Karnes City Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Karnes City Junior High School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Karnes City Junior High School.
How diverse is Karnes City Junior High School?
Karnes City Junior High School reports a student body of 18% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Karnes City Junior High School in?
Karnes City Junior High School is part of KARNES CITY ISD.
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