NICHOLS J H

NICHOLS J H is a reasonably sized junior high in ARLINGTON, Texas, operated by ARLINGTON ISD. The school teaches 586 students in grades 7 through 8.

Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), NICHOLS J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NICHOLS J H logs that Black students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NICHOLS J H has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, NICHOLS J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.4%.

In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), NICHOLS J H is one campus in the mix.

TRINITY LEADERSHIP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NICHOLS J H ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. NICHOLS J H's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 788 (now 586). Black enrollment moved from 45% to 55% across the same window.

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