LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS

As a low-enrollment junior high in WACO, Texas, LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS teaches 441 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within LA VEGA ISD. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 6 schools in LA VEGA ISD (3,093 students total), LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 9% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS is one.

LA VEGA INT H P MILES CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. LA VEGA J H GEORGE DIXON CAMPUS's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 441). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 55% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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