Enrollment
313
Middle
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE ISD·NCES 483759004217
ROCKDALE J H
814 BUSHDALE RD, ROCKDALE, TX 76567 · (512) 430-6100 · Milam County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
195 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ROCKDALE J H→ROCKDALE H S
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROCKDALE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
313
-25 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.3:1
% White
29%
was 39%
% Hispanic
59%
was 49%
% Black
8%
was 10%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROCKDALE J H
ROCKDALE J H, a compact intermediate school in ROCKDALE, Texas, one of the schools within ROCKDALE ISD, enrolls 313 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 643.
ROCKDALE J H is one of 4 schools operated by ROCKDALE ISD, a district that serves 1,482 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ROCKDALE J H logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 29% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at school resources, ROCKDALE J H shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROCKDALE J H falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.1%; this one comes in at 33.0%, -14.1 points off the demographic line.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Milam County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,141 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Milam County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,337 students), of which ROCKDALE J H is one.
The closest other public school is ROCKDALE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around ROCKDALE J H. On composite proficiency, ROCKDALE J H comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Milam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,567
Census ACS
Median income
$66,141
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,337 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKDALE ISD
- ROCKDALE H SHigh · 468 students
- ROCKDALE ELElementary · 357 students
- ROCKDALE INTElementary · 344 students
Other schools in ROCKDALE
- ROCKDALE H SHigh · 468 students
- ROCKDALE ELElementary · 357 students
- ROCKDALE INTElementary · 344 students
- ROCKDALE INSPIRE ACADEMYHigh · 61 students
Nearby schools
- ROCKDALE H S0.4 mi · 468
- ROCKDALE EL0.6 mi · 357
- ROCKDALE INSPIRE ACADEMY1.3 mi · 61
- ROCKDALE INT1.8 mi · 344
- MILANO J H9.6 mi · 88
- MILANO H S9.6 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About ROCKDALE J HWhat is the total enrollment at ROCKDALE J H?
ROCKDALE J H enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ROCKDALE J H serve?
ROCKDALE J H serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ROCKDALE J H have?
ROCKDALE J H employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ROCKDALE J H?
Student demographics at ROCKDALE J H are roughly 29% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ROCKDALE J H?
ROCKDALE J H is overseen by ROCKDALE ISD in Milam County.
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