R D MCADAMS J H

As a mid-tier intermediate school in DICKINSON, Texas, R D MCADAMS J H instructs 891 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by DICKINSON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so R D MCADAMS J H sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

DICKINSON ISD runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 12,554 students. R D MCADAMS J H is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, R D MCADAMS J H shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 21% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, R D MCADAMS J H has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, R D MCADAMS J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 39.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Galveston County shows median household earnings sit near $86,105, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. R D MCADAMS J H is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

HUGHES ROAD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around R D MCADAMS J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R D MCADAMS J H at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. R D MCADAMS J H's enrollment has shrank 43% since 2018, when it stood at 1,571 (now 891). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 48% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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