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PERRYTON J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PERRYTON J H
Set in PERRYTON, Texas, PERRYTON J H is a compact middle-grades school, one of the schools within PERRYTON ISD. It educates 395 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so PERRYTON J H sits 39% below that benchmark.
Across the 6 schools in PERRYTON ISD (1,802 students total), PERRYTON J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, PERRYTON J H lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 26% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at PERRYTON J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, PERRYTON J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Ochiltree County indicate median household income runs about $70,183, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ochiltree County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,802 students), of which PERRYTON J H is one.
PERRYTON KINDER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around PERRYTON J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PERRYTON J H at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.3%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. PERRYTON J H's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 528 (now 395). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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