REDWATER J H

REDWATER J H operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in REDWATER, Texas, overseen by REDWATER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 166 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so REDWATER J H sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in REDWATER ISD (1,103 students total), REDWATER J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, REDWATER J H logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bowie County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bowie County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), REDWATER J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +10.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bowie County indicate median household income runs about $59,803, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. REDWATER J H is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students).

Nearest neighbor: REDWATER H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around REDWATER J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REDWATER J H at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. REDWATER J H's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 167 (now 166). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 95% to 87%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.