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 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 35.6%.

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.