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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at NEEDVILLE J H this year?
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Enrollment
565
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEEDVILLE ISD·NCES 483231008784
NEEDVILLE J H
16430 HWY 36 S, NEEDVILLE, TX 77461 · (979) 793-4250 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
245 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
NEEDVILLE J H→NEEDVILLE H S
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NEEDVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
565
+109 (+24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.8:1
% White
43%
was 46%
% Hispanic
51%
was 49%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEEDVILLE ISD
- NEEDVILLE ELElementary · 1,121 students
- NEEDVILLE H SHigh · 1,111 students
- NEEDVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 853 students
- FORT BEND CO ALTERElementary
Other schools in NEEDVILLE
- NEEDVILLE ELElementary · 1,121 students
- NEEDVILLE H SHigh · 1,111 students
- NEEDVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 853 students
- FORT BEND CO ALTERElementary
Nearby schools
- NEEDVILLE MIDDLE0.2 mi · 853
- NEEDVILLE H S0.4 mi · 1,111
- NEEDVILLE EL2.8 mi · 1,121
- DAMON EL6.9 mi · 107
- ADRIANE MATHEWS GRAY EL8.2 mi · 618
- THOMAS R CULVER EL8.2 mi · 828
Frequently asked questions
About NEEDVILLE J HHow many students attend NEEDVILLE J H?
NEEDVILLE J H enrolls approximately 565 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does NEEDVILLE J H serve?
NEEDVILLE J H serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at NEEDVILLE J H?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at NEEDVILLE J H.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NEEDVILLE J H?
At NEEDVILLE J H, the student body is approximately 43% White, 51% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is NEEDVILLE J H public or private?
NEEDVILLE J H is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEEDVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.