NORMAN J H

NORMAN J H operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in KAUFMAN, Texas, run under KAUFMAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 961 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Within KAUFMAN ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,356 students, NORMAN J H is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, NORMAN J H logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 35% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at NORMAN J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kaufman County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORMAN J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Kaufman County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Kaufman County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), of which NORMAN J H is one.

The closest other public school is GARY W CAMPBELL H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around NORMAN J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORMAN J H ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

NORMAN J H operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. NORMAN J H's enrollment has climbed 61% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 961). The White share of enrollment fell from 45% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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