Enrollment
357
Middle
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE GROVE ISD·NCES 483372003764
Orange Grove Junior High School
600 THEIL ST, ORANGE GROVE, TX 78372 · (361) 384-2323 · Jim Wells County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
216 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 125 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 37% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +47.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 30.0% | 32.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Schools most like Orange Grove Junior High School
Orange Grove Junior High School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Junior High School this school | 357 | 60.5% | 51.1% |
| Borger Middle School BORGER | 337 | 56.7% | 52.3% |
| Borger Intermediate School BORGER | 335 | 62.4% | 42.7% |
| Bridgeport Middle School BRIDGEPORT | 478 | 61.1% | 39.6% |
| Jefferies Junior High School COMANCHE | 295 | 55.9% | 50.6% |
| Florence Middle School FLORENCE | 262 | 56.9% | 35.7% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Orange Grove Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #470 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #974 of 1,670 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #452 of 1,670 ▼ 164 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #49 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #1,326 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,074 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #895 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #928 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #369 of 942 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
357
-55 (-13%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 357 | 22.5 | 15.9:1 | 61% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 21.9 | 17.3:1 | 63% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 27.4 | 14.5:1 | 62% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 60% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 28.4 | 15.6:1 | 62% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 62% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 61% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Grove Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (442 to 357); teachers down 21% (28.4 to 22.5).
About Orange Grove Junior High School
Orange Grove Junior High School is a small middle school in ORANGE GROVE, Texas, one of the schools in ORANGE GROVE ISD. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 357 students. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 44% smaller than that.
ORANGE GROVE ISD counts 4 schools and 1,648 students, including Orange Grove Junior High School.
Hispanic students account for 58% of enrollment at Orange Grove Junior High School. The remaining students are 40% White. Census figures show Jim Wells County is about 80% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Orange Grove Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Its teaching staff equals 22.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 61%. That is 22 points below the 83% average for public schools in Jim Wells County.
allk12 grades Orange Grove Junior High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Orange Grove Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (51.1%) and its predicted rate (47.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Orange Grove Junior High School is located in Jim Wells County, where median household income is about $51,896, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 16 public schools in Jim Wells County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,302.
The nearest public school is Orange Grove Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Orange Grove Junior High School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Orange Grove Junior High School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Orange Grove Junior High School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 412 in 2020-21 and 357 in 2024-25, a decrease of 55 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.9:1 to 15.9:1.
Discussions about Orange Grove Junior High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jim Wells County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,850
Census ACS
Median income
$51,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE GROVE ISD
- Orange Grove High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Orange Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in ORANGE GROVE
- Orange Grove High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Orange Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Grove Elementary School0.2 mi · 386
- Orange Grove High School0.4 mi · 496
- Orange Grove Primary School0.5 mi · 409
- Agua Dulce High School11.8 mi · 243
- Agua Dulce Elementary School11.8 mi · 178
- Mathis Elementary School11.9 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Grove Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Orange Grove Junior High School?
Orange Grove Junior High School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Orange Grove Junior High School serve?
Orange Grove Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orange Grove Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orange Grove Junior High School is approximately 15.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Orange Grove Junior High School?
Orange Grove Junior High School reports a student body of 40% White, 58% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Orange Grove Junior High School in?
Orange Grove Junior High School is part of ORANGE GROVE ISD.
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