PEARSALL J H

PEARSALL J H operates as a tight-knit intermediate school in PEARSALL, Texas, part of PEARSALL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 434 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

PEARSALL ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,953 students. PEARSALL J H is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PEARSALL J H records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 78% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PEARSALL J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.2%; this one delivers 25.1%.

In the area at large, Frio County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,010, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Frio County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,792 students), PEARSALL J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PEARSALL INT, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PEARSALL J H comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. PEARSALL J H's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 434). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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