READING JH

Located at 8101 FM762, in RICHMOND, Texas, READING JH is a sizable middle school that teaches 1,603 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within LAMAR CISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so READING JH sits 149% bigger than that benchmark.

LAMAR CISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 46,786 students; READING JH is among them.

On demographics, READING JH lists that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 21% Black, 13% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, READING JH has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting READING JH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at READING JH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, READING JH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate median household earnings sit near $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which READING JH is one.

The closest other public school is GEORGE RANCH H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), READING JH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at READING JH has rose 23%, going from 1,299 students in 2018 to 1,603 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 37% to 32% over that span.

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