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Enrollment
390
Middle
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGEFIELD ISD·NCES 483378003768
Orangefield Junior High School
7745 SANDBAR RD, ORANGEFIELD, TX 77639 · (409) 735-6737 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- FBeats 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
12.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
115 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 138 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 31% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Orangefield Junior High School→Orangefield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ORANGEFIELD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 25.0% | 37.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Orangefield Junior High School
Orangefield Junior High School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangefield Junior High School this school | 390 | 29.5% | 42.2% |
| Pottsboro Middle School POTTSBORO | 440 | 30.2% | 53.2% |
| Peaster Intermediate School WEATHERFORD | 450 | 28.4% | 55.0% |
| Bullard Intermediate School BULLARD | 453 | 28.3% | 58.8% |
| Paradise Middle School PARADISE | 319 | 25.7% | 49.4% |
| Lorena Middle School LORENA | 438 | 30.4% | 59.9% |
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 Orangefield Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #833 of 1,635 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,208 of 1,670 ▼ 52 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #704 of 1,670 ▼ 63 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #12 of 1,570 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,281 of 1,749 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #205 of 1,542 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #1,271 of 1,543 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,455 of 1,648 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #138 of 942 | N/A |
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
390
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 390 | 31.9 | 12.2:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 33.4 | 12.5:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 32.6 | 13.3:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 30% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 36.5 | 15.3:1 | 74% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 37% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orangefield Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (560 to 390); teachers down 13% (36.5 to 31.9).
About Orangefield Junior High School
Orangefield Junior High School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school, is located in ORANGEFIELD, Texas. It enrolled 390 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students each.
The district, ORANGEFIELD ISD, has 1,781 students enrolled across 3 schools.
At Orangefield Junior High School, White students make up 87% of the student body. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Orangefield Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Teachers at Orangefield Junior High School total 31.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.2:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 115 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 29%. That is 27 points below the 56% average for public schools in Orange County.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Orangefield Junior High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Orangefield Junior High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.9 points (42.2% versus 61.1%), a bottom-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
Orange County has about 85,307 residents, and median household income is about $72,104, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Orange County number 25 and enroll about 15,100.
The closest other public school is Orangefield High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.5% on proficiency, and Orangefield Junior High School is below that at 42.2%.
Orangefield Junior High School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Orangefield Junior High School went from 440 students to 390. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,307
Census ACS
Median income
$72,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGEFIELD ISD
- Orangefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 828 students
- Orangefield High SchoolHigh · 563 students
Other schools in ORANGEFIELD
- Orangefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 828 students
- Orangefield High SchoolHigh · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Orangefield High School0.2 mi · 563
- Orangefield Elementary School0.3 mi · 828
- Bridge City Elementary School3.2 mi · 813
- Bridge City Intermediate School3.3 mi · 738
- Bridge City High School3.6 mi · 891
- Bridge City Middle School3.7 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About Orangefield Junior High SchoolHow large is Orangefield Junior High School?
Orangefield Junior High School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-08.
Is Orangefield Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orangefield Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orangefield Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orangefield Junior High School is approximately 12.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orangefield Junior High School?
At Orangefield Junior High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Orangefield Junior High School in?
Orangefield Junior High School is part of ORANGEFIELD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.