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MORENO 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 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MORENO J H
MORENO J H, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in BEEVILLE, Texas, overseen by BEEVILLE ISD, serves 682 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Within BEEVILLE ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,033 students, MORENO J H is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MORENO J H reports that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 9% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, MORENO J H has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, MORENO J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.9%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bee County put median household earnings sit near $57,673, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. MORENO J H is one of 12 public schools in Bee County (combined enrollment of about 5,097 students).
R A HALL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around MORENO J H. On composite proficiency, MORENO J H comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORENO J H has expanded 48%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 682 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.
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