MILANO J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 MILANO J H
As a rural-scale middle school in MILANO, Texas, MILANO J H educates 88 students from grades 6 through 8, part of MILANO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so MILANO J H sits 86% leaner than that benchmark.
Within MILANO ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 423 students, MILANO J H is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, MILANO J H shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, MILANO J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Milam County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,141, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Milam County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,337 students), MILANO J H is one campus in the mix.
MILANO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MILANO J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILANO J H at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.7%.
MILANO J H operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MILANO J H has contracted 15%, going from 104 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.
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Milam County at a glance
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