LINDALE J H

Located at 15000 CR 463, in LINDALE, Texas, LINDALE J H is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that instructs 695 students (grades 7 through 8), run under LINDALE ISD.

LINDALE J H is one of 6 schools operated by LINDALE ISD, a district that works with 4,606 students overall.

Demographically, LINDALE J H logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, LINDALE J H shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at LINDALE J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Smith County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LINDALE J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 68.5%, a residual of +14.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Smith County put the typical household earns roughly $74,192 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LINDALE J H is one of 65 public schools in Smith County (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students).

The closest other public school is E J MOSS INT, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LINDALE J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINDALE J H ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINDALE J H has increased 13%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 73% to 67% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.