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MCCULLOUGH J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 MCCULLOUGH J H
Set in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, MCCULLOUGH J H is a heavily attended junior high, operated by CONROE ISD. It caters to 2,195 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so MCCULLOUGH J H sits 241% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 66 schools in CONROE ISD (72,914 students total), MCCULLOUGH J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, MCCULLOUGH J H logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, 4% 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, On paper, MCCULLOUGH J H has 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCCULLOUGH J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.4%.
Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), MCCULLOUGH J H is one campus in the mix.
GLEN LOCH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCCULLOUGH J H at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 74.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 2,208 students in 2018 compared to 2,195 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 52% over that span.
On the community side, members of the MCCULLOUGH J H community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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