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MONTGOMERY J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 MONTGOMERY J H
MONTGOMERY J H, a large middle school in MONTGOMERY, Texas, overseen by MONTGOMERY ISD, enrolls 1,083 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 643.
Within MONTGOMERY ISD, which oversees 12 schools and 9,889 students, MONTGOMERY J H is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MONTGOMERY J H lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MONTGOMERY J H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at MONTGOMERY J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONTGOMERY J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of -4.4 points.
In the broader community, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. MONTGOMERY J H is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).
The closest other public school is STEWART CREEK EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTGOMERY J H ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.2%.
MONTGOMERY J H operates from a town-center location.
Trend over the last 7 years. MONTGOMERY J H's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,143 (now 1,083). White enrollment moved from 79% to 74% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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