Enrollment
326
Middle
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIRBYVILLE CISD·NCES 482571002895
Kirbyville Junior High School
2200 S MARGARET AVE, KIRBYVILLE, TX 75956 · (409) 420-0692 · Jasper County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
163 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 109 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 8.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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 Kirbyville Junior High School
Kirbyville Junior High School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirbyville Junior High School this school | 326 | 50.0% | 41.5% |
| Elkhart Middle School ELKHART | 283 | 48.1% | 47.8% |
| Quitman Junior High School QUITMAN | 282 | 51.8% | 50.8% |
| Brownsboro Junior High School BROWNSBORO | 395 | 54.4% | 51.9% |
| Troup Middle School TROUP | 254 | 52.4% | 46.0% |
| Brownsboro Intermediate School BROWNSBORO | 323 | 55.4% | 49.7% |
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 Kirbyville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #870 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #362 of 1,670 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #738 of 1,670 ▲ 212 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #649 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,358 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #181 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #1,026 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #1,145 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #901 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
326
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 237
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 68% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 28.9 | 12.6:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 68% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 60% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 57% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 52% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 37% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 237 | 16 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirbyville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (330 to 326); teachers up 13% (24 to 27).
About Kirbyville Junior High School
Kirbyville Junior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in KIRBYVILLE, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 326 students. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 49% below average.
KIRBYVILLE CISD (3 schools, 1,439 students) runs Kirbyville Junior High School.
The largest group at Kirbyville Junior High School is White students, at 73%. Next come 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. In Jasper County overall, the White share is about 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kirbyville Junior High School scores 45%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Income data for the school show 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jasper County is 61%.
Kirbyville Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Texas public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.3%.
Jasper County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $56,723, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,411, Kirbyville Junior High School among them.
Kirbyville Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Kirbyville Junior High School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Kirbyville Junior High School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 5% decrease took enrollment from 344 in 2020-21 to 326 in 2024-25.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,727
Census ACS
Median income
$56,723
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,411 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIRBYVILLE CISD
- Kirbyville Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Kirbyville High SchoolHigh · 427 students
Other schools in KIRBYVILLE
- Kirbyville Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Kirbyville High SchoolHigh · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Kirbyville Elementary School0.1 mi · 686
- Kirbyville High School0.7 mi · 427
- Buna Elementary School14.3 mi · 721
- Buna High School14.4 mi · 435
- Buna Junior High School14.9 mi · 318
- Newton High School15.7 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Kirbyville Junior High SchoolHow large is Kirbyville Junior High School?
Kirbyville Junior High School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kirbyville Junior High School serve?
Kirbyville Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kirbyville Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kirbyville Junior High School is approximately 12.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kirbyville Junior High School?
Kirbyville Junior High School reports a student body of 73% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Kirbyville Junior High School public or private?
Kirbyville Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KIRBYVILLE CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.