NELSON J H

NELSON J H operates as a mid-sized junior high in KATY, Texas, overseen by KATY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 904 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so NELSON J H sits 41% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 78 schools in KATY ISD (96,111 students total), NELSON J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NELSON J H reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 30% Black, 13% Asian, 11% White, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, NELSON J H has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NELSON J H higher than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, NELSON J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.8%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which NELSON J H is one.

The closest other public school is FREEMAN H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NELSON J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NELSON J H at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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