REFUGIO J H

REFUGIO J H, a very small intermediate school in REFUGIO, Texas, overseen by REFUGIO ISD, educates 134 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

REFUGIO ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 656 students. REFUGIO J H is one of those campuses.

On demographics, REFUGIO J H records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 26% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, REFUGIO J H logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at REFUGIO J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Refugio County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, REFUGIO J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Refugio County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,181, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Refugio County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,197 students), REFUGIO J H is one campus in the mix.

REFUGIO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around REFUGIO J H. On composite proficiency, REFUGIO J H comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

REFUGIO J H operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. REFUGIO J H's enrollment has expanded 21% since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 134). Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.