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NEEDVILLE J H
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NEEDVILLE J H
NEEDVILLE J H is a 6-8 campus of moderately sized scale in NEEDVILLE, Texas, operated by NEEDVILLE ISD, hosting 565 students in grades 7 through 8.
NEEDVILLE J H is one of 4 schools operated by NEEDVILLE ISD, a district that hosts 3,650 students overall.
Demographically, NEEDVILLE J H logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 43% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, NEEDVILLE J H has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NEEDVILLE J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at NEEDVILLE J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEEDVILLE J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +6.1 points.
In the area at large, Fort Bend County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), NEEDVILLE J H is one campus in the mix.
NEEDVILLE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NEEDVILLE J H comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEEDVILLE J H has expanded 24%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for NEEDVILLE J H typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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