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NAVASOTA 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 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 NAVASOTA J H
NAVASOTA J H, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in NAVASOTA, Texas, run under NAVASOTA ISD, educates 690 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
NAVASOTA ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,117 students. NAVASOTA J H is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, NAVASOTA J H shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder reads as 23% White, 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NAVASOTA J H has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NAVASOTA J H tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grimes County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, NAVASOTA J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 38.1%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Grimes County put median household income runs about $69,803, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. NAVASOTA J H is one of 12 public schools in Grimes County (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students).
Nearest neighbor: NAVASOTA H S, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NAVASOTA J H at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.8%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAVASOTA J H has grew 3%, going from 673 students in 2018 to 690 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 52% to 58% over that span.
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