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MAGNOLIA J H
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MAGNOLIA J H
Set in MAGNOLIA, Texas, MAGNOLIA J H is an expansive middle-grades school, run under MAGNOLIA ISD. It educates 1,120 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 74% bigger than typical.
Across the 17 schools in MAGNOLIA ISD (14,916 students total), MAGNOLIA J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, MAGNOLIA J H shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 45% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at MAGNOLIA J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAGNOLIA J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 56.3%, a residual of +6.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), MAGNOLIA J H is one campus in the mix.
MAGNOLIA INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MAGNOLIA J H comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.
MAGNOLIA J H operates from a town-center location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 1,525 students in 2018 compared to 1,120 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 58% to 48%.
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