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Enrollment
1,035
Middle
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL ISD·NCES 482916003293
Marshall Junior High School
2710 E TRAVIS, MARSHALL, TX 75672 · (903) 927-8830 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,035 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
820 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 386 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Marshall Junior High School→Marshall High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MARSHALL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 29.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Marshall Junior High School
Marshall Junior High School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Junior High School this school | 1,035 | 79.2% | 39.3% |
| Central Middle School GALVESTON | 785 | 79.5% | 31.4% |
| McMichael Middle School NACOGDOCHES | 1,275 | 81.6% | 30.5% |
| Foster Middle School LONGVIEW | 788 | 83.5% | 56.2% |
| Rancier Middle School KILLEEN | 735 | 80.0% | 27.1% |
| Twin Creeks Middle School SPRING | 848 | 81.1% | 33.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Marshall Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #970 of 1,635 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,155 of 1,670 ▼ 145 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,282 of 1,670 ▼ 4 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #87 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,035 | #252 of 1,749 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #370 of 1,542 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #228 of 1,543 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #536 of 1,648 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #383 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,035
-169 (-14%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,082
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,035 | 78.8 | 13.1:1 | 79% (820) |
| 2023-24 | 1,084 | 74.8 | 14.5:1 | 73% (786) |
| 2022-23 | 1,105 | 83.1 | 13.3:1 | 76% (842) |
| 2020-21 | 1,204 | 82 | 14.7:1 | 67% (804) |
| 2017-18 | 1,271 | 78.9 | 16.1:1 | 66% (833) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 74% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 61 | 12.7:1 | 70% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 52% (469) |
| 1990-91 | 1,082 | 53 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,271 to 1,035); teachers unchanged (78.9 to 78.8).
About Marshall Junior High School
Marshall Junior High School is a large middle school in MARSHALL, Texas, (ZIP code 75672). A federal count lists 1,035 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
Federal data list 8 schools in MARSHALL ISD, with 4,957 students enrolled.
Marshall Junior High School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 37%. It is also 34% Black, 25% White, and 2% multiracial. Harrison County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 22 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Marshall Junior High School comes in at 68%.
Dividing enrollment by its 78.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Eligible students account for 79% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Harrison County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Marshall Junior High School is 39.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.3%.
Harrison County has about 70,155 residents, and median household income is about $66,103, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 29 public schools in Harrison County, with a combined enrollment of about 32,062.
Sam Houston Elementary School is the public school closest to Marshall Junior High School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Marshall Junior High School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students dropped from 1,204 to 1,035 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.7 to 13.1 over 4 years.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,155
Census ACS
Median income
$66,103
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
32,062 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARSHALL ISD
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,467 students
- Price T Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Crockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Wm B Travis Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Marshall Ech CenterElementary · 276 students
Other schools in MARSHALL
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,467 students
- Price T Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Crockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Wm B Travis Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Elysian Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other Marshall Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Marshall Junior High. Marshall Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Marshall Jr High SchoolMarshall, IL · 186 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.2 mi · 536
- Marshall High School1.1 mi · 1,467
- Crockett Elementary School1.2 mi · 549
- Trinity Charter Schools - Marshall Campus1.7 mi · 1
- Marshall Ech Center1.7 mi · 276
- Texas Early College High School2.1 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall Junior High School?
Marshall Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,035 students in grades 06-08.
Is Marshall Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marshall Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marshall Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marshall Junior High School is approximately 13.1:1 (79 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marshall Junior High School?
Marshall Junior High School reports a student body of 25% White, 37% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Marshall Junior High School public or private?
Marshall Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARSHALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.