MEXIA J H

MEXIA J H, a tight-knit junior high in MEXIA, Texas, overseen by MEXIA ISD, teaches 367 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

MEXIA ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,846 students; MEXIA J H is among them.

Demographically, MEXIA J H records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Black, 20% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, MEXIA J H has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEXIA J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Limestone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,573 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MEXIA J H is one of 11 public schools in Limestone County (combined enrollment of about 3,628 students).

MEXIA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEXIA J H comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEXIA J H has fell 9%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the MEXIA J H community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.