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Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTEET ISD·NCES 483552004030
Poteet Junior High School
1000 FM 1470, POTEET, TX 78065 · (830) 742-3571 · Atascosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
285 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 6 | 134 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 36% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within POTEET ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 16.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Poteet Junior High School
Poteet Junior High School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poteet Junior High School this school | 393 | 72.5% | 23.4% |
| Lytle Junior High School LYTLE | 420 | 70.5% | 30.5% |
| Rosemont Upper DALLAS | 459 | 68.8% | 63.7% |
| Kermit Junior High School KERMIT | 313 | 76.7% | 29.4% |
| IDEA Mesquite Hills College Preparatory EL PASO | 352 | 71.0% | 44.0% |
| Fort Stockton Middle School FORT STOCKTON | 502 | 67.1% | 32.0% |
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 Poteet Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,551 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,566 of 1,670 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,495 of 1,670 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,081 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #1,273 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #786 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #1,279 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #670 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #364 of 437 |
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
393
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 393 | 26.8 | 14.7:1 | 73% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 26.1 | 15.7:1 | 75% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 25.6 | 16.2:1 | 67% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 62% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 25.8 | 14.8:1 | 74% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 69% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 81% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 72% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poteet Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (381 to 393); teachers up 4% (25.8 to 26.8).
About Poteet Junior High School
Poteet Junior High School serves students in POTEET, Texas, as a small middle-grades school. It had 393 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
POTEET ISD runs Poteet Junior High School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,837 students in total.
Poteet Junior High School is 87% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 11% White. That compares with about 65% Hispanic among all Atascosa County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Poteet Junior High School is 14.7:1, based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Poteet Junior High School counts 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Poteet Junior High School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Texas public middle schools.
A school in Texas with Poteet Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.7%. Poteet Junior High School scores 23.4%.
In the surrounding county, Atascosa County, the median household earns about $70,770 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Poteet Junior High School, Atascosa County has 32 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Poteet Junior High School from the closest public school, Poteet High School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Poteet Junior High School places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Poteet Junior High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 6% across 4 years, from 371 in 2020-21 to 393 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.3:1 to 14.7:1.
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Atascosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,008
Census ACS
Median income
$70,770
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
8,105 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POTEET ISD
- Poteet Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 481 students
- Poteet Intermediate SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Atascosa Co Juvenile UnitHigh · 2 students
Other schools in POTEET
- Poteet Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 481 students
- Poteet Intermediate SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Atascosa Co Juvenile UnitHigh · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Poteet High School0.2 mi · 481
- Poteet Intermediate School0.2 mi · 382
- Poteet Elementary School0.3 mi · 579
- Pleasanton ISD School of Choice6.2 mi · 11
- Pleasanton Primary School6.5 mi · 927
- Pleasanton Elementary School6.6 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Poteet Junior High SchoolHow large is Poteet Junior High School?
Poteet Junior High School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Poteet Junior High School serve?
Poteet Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Poteet Junior High School have?
Poteet Junior High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Poteet Junior High School?
Student demographics at Poteet Junior High School are roughly 11% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Poteet Junior High School?
Poteet Junior High School is overseen by POTEET ISD in Atascosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.