MEMORIAL J H

MEMORIAL J H, a mid-sized junior high in EAGLE PASS, Texas, operated by EAGLE PASS ISD, caters to 927 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 44% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 24 schools in EAGLE PASS ISD (13,820 students total), MEMORIAL J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MEMORIAL J H reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MEMORIAL J H logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MEMORIAL J H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at MEMORIAL J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MEMORIAL J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Around the school, Maverick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,568 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Maverick County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,820 students), MEMORIAL J H is one campus in the mix.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEMORIAL J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEMORIAL J H at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 1,115 students in 2018 compared to 927 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for MEMORIAL J H typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.