MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H

Set in LINDEN, Texas, MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H is a minimally staffed junior high, operated by LINDEN-KILDARE CISD. It instructs 132 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

LINDEN-KILDARE CISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 617 students; MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cass County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.1%; actual is 29.1%, a gap of -18.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cass County shows median household earnings sit near $53,813, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cass County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,268 students), MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LINDEN-KILDARE H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H. On composite proficiency, MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H has fell 10%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 73% to 68% over that span.

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