Enrollment
277
Middle
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEASTER ISD·NCES 483450007082
Peaster Junior High School
8512 FM 920, WEATHERFORD, TX 76088 · (817) 341-5000 · Parker County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
14.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
85 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 7 | 153 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 45% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Peaster Junior High School→Peaster High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PEASTER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 6.0% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Peaster Junior High School
Peaster Junior High School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaster Junior High School this school | 277 | 30.7% | 44.3% |
| Grandview Junior High School GRANDVIEW | 316 | 27.2% | 53.4% |
| Maypearl Middle School MAYPEARL | 265 | 31.7% | 46.8% |
| Paradise Middle School PARADISE | 319 | 25.7% | 49.4% |
| Hallettsville Junior High School HALLETTSVILLE | 305 | 34.1% | 57.4% |
| Thrall Middle School THRALL | 287 | 34.5% | 67.7% |
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 Peaster Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Parker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #731 of 1,635 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #621 of 1,670 ▼ 198 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #625 of 1,670 ▼ 136 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +45.0pp | #3 of 1,570 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #1,432 of 1,749 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #692 of 1,542 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #1,076 of 1,543 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #1,442 of 1,648 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.2% | #71 of 437 | #1 of 6 |
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
277
-45 (-14%) vs 2020
+35% since 2000-01, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
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 | 277 | 19.4 | 14.3:1 | 31% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 16.8 | 14.3:1 | 34% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 25.3 | 15.1:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 31% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 16.8 | 12.4:1 | 29% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 34% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 21 | 11.7:1 | 32% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 22% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peaster Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (208 to 277); teachers up 16% (16.8 to 19.4).
About Peaster Junior High School
Peaster Junior High School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in WEATHERFORD, Texas. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 277 students. The school's enrollment is 57% smaller than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Peaster Junior High School is run by PEASTER ISD, whose 4 schools enroll 1,776 students.
By race and ethnicity, Peaster Junior High School is 73% White. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Parker County is about 83% White. Peaster Junior High School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 19.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Middle schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 14.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 31% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Parker County, the average is about the same, 33%.
Peaster Junior High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, Peaster Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.3% is 16.3 points below the 60.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Parker County show that median household income is about $104,443, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 51 public schools in Parker County, with a combined enrollment of about 28,354.
Nearby, Peaster High School is about 0.1 miles away. Peaster Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.8% on proficiency, and Peaster Junior High School is below that at 44.3%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 322 in 2020-21 and 277 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Parker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
165,168
Census ACS
Median income
$104,443
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
28,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEASTER ISD
- Peaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
- Peaster High SchoolHigh · 524 students
- Peaster Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 450 students
Other schools in WEATHERFORD
- Weatherford High SchoolHigh · 2,427 students
- Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- Tison Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Curtis Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Ikard Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Peaster High School0.1 mi · 524
- Peaster Elementary School0.4 mi · 525
- Peaster Intermediate School0.4 mi · 450
- Poolville Elementary School7.1 mi · 422
- Poolville Junior High School7.1 mi · 183
- Garner College and Career Preparatory Academy7.3 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Peaster Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Peaster Junior High School?
Peaster Junior High School enrolls approximately 277 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Peaster Junior High School serve?
Peaster Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peaster Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peaster Junior High School is approximately 14.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peaster Junior High School?
At Peaster Junior High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Peaster Junior High School?
Peaster Junior High School is overseen by PEASTER ISD in Parker County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.