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Enrollment
690
Middle
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAVASOTA ISD·NCES 483219006019
Navasota Junior High School
9038 HWY 90 S, NAVASOTA, TX 77868 · (936) 825-4225 · Grimes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
555 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 245 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NAVASOTA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 27.0% | 32.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 20.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Navasota Junior High School
Navasota Junior High School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navasota Junior High School this school | 690 | 80.4% | 36.0% |
| W L Kissam Intermediate School TYLER | 675 | 83.1% | 41.4% |
| Fry Intermediate School TEXAS CITY | 769 | 77.5% | 32.6% |
| Corsicana Middle School CORSICANA | 857 | 80.7% | 32.0% |
| O W Sadberry Sr Intermediate School BRYAN | 700 | 81.0% | 29.7% |
| Athens Middle School ATHENS | 660 | 77.6% | 34.0% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Navasota Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,128 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,111 of 1,670 ▲ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,147 of 1,670 ▼ 231 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #862 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #771 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #455 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #593 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #507 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #371 of 437 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
690
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 690 | 51.3 | 13.4:1 | 80% (555) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 50.9 | 12.5:1 | 82% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 53.5 | 12.4:1 | 82% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 83% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 48.2 | 14.0:1 | 79% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 73% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 75% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 52% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 915 | 47 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Navasota Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (673 to 690); teachers up 7% (48.2 to 51.3).
About Navasota Junior High School
At 9038 HWY 90 S in NAVASOTA, Texas, Navasota Junior High School operates as a mid-sized middle school. It reported 690 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
NAVASOTA ISD enrolls 3,117 students in 6 schools, including Navasota Junior High School.
The student body at Navasota Junior High School is 58% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White and 17% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
There are 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.4:1. Compared with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grimes County is 63%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Navasota Junior High School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Navasota Junior High School are 3.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (36.0% actual, 39.3% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Grimes County show that median household income comes to about $69,803, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 12, with about 4,974 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Navasota High School, is the closest to Navasota Junior High School. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Navasota Junior High School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Navasota Junior High School is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Navasota Junior High School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 700 to 690.
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Grimes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,340
Census ACS
Median income
$69,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NAVASOTA ISD
- Navasota High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- John C Webb Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Brule Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- W B Bizzell AcademyHigh · 9 students
Other schools in NAVASOTA
- Navasota High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- John C Webb Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Brule Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- W B Bizzell AcademyHigh · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Navasota High School0.1 mi · 919
- John C Webb Elementary School0.7 mi · 648
- W B Bizzell Academy0.7 mi · 9
- Brule Elementary School1.2 mi · 332
- Anderson-Shiro Jr/Sr High School7.0 mi · 521
- Anderson-Shiro Elementary School7.4 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Navasota Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Navasota Junior High School?
Navasota Junior High School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Navasota Junior High School serve?
Navasota Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Navasota Junior High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Navasota Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Navasota Junior High School?
Student demographics at Navasota Junior High School are roughly 23% White, 58% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Navasota Junior High School in?
Navasota Junior High School is part of NAVASOTA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.