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What do students at MISSION J H actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
711
Middle
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104003497
MISSION J H
415 E 14TH ST, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-3300 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
529 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
711
-125 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.1:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MISSION J H
MISSION J H is one of the medium-sized junior highs in MISSION, Texas, one of the schools within MISSION CISD, with 711 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
MISSION CISD comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,765 students; MISSION J H is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MISSION J H logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MISSION J H has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MISSION J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +2.2 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. MISSION J H is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).
MISSION H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MISSION J H. On composite proficiency, MISSION J H comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MISSION J H has decreased 15%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 711 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MISSION CISD
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- WHITE J HMiddle · 831 students
- ALTON MEMORIAL J HMiddle · 819 students
- MIMS ELElementary · 673 students
- HURLA M MIDKIFF ELElementary · 657 students
Other schools in MISSION
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- SHARYLAND H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- MISSION H S0.6 mi · 2,154
- MISSION EARLY LEARNING0.7 mi · 183
- MARCELL EL0.8 mi · 378
- BRYAN EL0.9 mi · 653
- OLLIE O'GRADY EL0.9 mi · 457
- PEARSON EL1.1 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About MISSION J HHow large is MISSION J H?
MISSION J H enrolls approximately 711 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MISSION J H serve?
MISSION J H serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MISSION J H?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MISSION J H is approximately 11.4:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MISSION J H?
Student demographics at MISSION J H are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is MISSION J H public or private?
MISSION J H is a public K-12 school, overseen by MISSION CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.