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KNOX J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KNOX J H
Set in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, KNOX J H is a big middle-grades school, part of CONROE ISD. It caters to 1,395 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 117% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
CONROE ISD runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 72,914 students. KNOX J H is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KNOX J H shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at KNOX J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, KNOX J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +11.3 points.
In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KNOX J H is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).
Nearest neighbor: WILKERSON INT, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KNOX J H ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.3%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. KNOX J H's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,415 (now 1,395). The White share of enrollment fell from 55% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.
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