PARIS J H

PARIS J H operates as a cozy middle-grades school in PARIS, Texas, one of the schools within PARIS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 541 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

PARIS ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,832 students. PARIS J H is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PARIS J H shows that the most-represented group is Black (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 30% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PARIS J H shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting PARIS J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lamar County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PARIS J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lamar County put the typical household earns roughly $61,880 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Lamar County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students), PARIS J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PARIS H S, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PARIS J H comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 521 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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