LITTLEFIELD J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LITTLEFIELD J H
LITTLEFIELD J H operates as a small 6-8 campus in LITTLEFIELD, Texas, overseen by LITTLEFIELD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 281 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.
LITTLEFIELD J H is one of 4 schools operated by LITTLEFIELD ISD, a district that enrolls 1,233 students overall.
Looking at the student body, LITTLEFIELD J H lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest reads as 18% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Lamb County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, LITTLEFIELD J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -3.6 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Lamb County put the typical household earns roughly $60,760 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. LITTLEFIELD J H is one of 13 public schools in Lamb County (combined enrollment of about 2,773 students).
The closest other public school is LITTLEFIELD EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LITTLEFIELD J H at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LITTLEFIELD J H has decreased 6%, going from 298 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
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