OUSLEY J H

OUSLEY J H operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in ARLINGTON, Texas, operated by ARLINGTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 782 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 643.

ARLINGTON ISD runs 75 schools in total, collectively educating 53,394 students. OUSLEY J H is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, OUSLEY J H reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Black, 11% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting OUSLEY J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OUSLEY J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which OUSLEY J H is one.

ASHWORTH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OUSLEY J H ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. OUSLEY J H's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 976 (now 782). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 35% to 41% over that span.

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