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Enrollment
744
Middle
DISTRICT 967 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057003451
San Jacinto Junior High School
1400 N N ST, MIDLAND, TX 79701 · (432) 240-3800 · Midland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
352 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 315 | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 372 | 50% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like San Jacinto Junior High School
San Jacinto Junior High School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Junior High School this school | 744 | 47.3% | 45.0% |
| Calallen Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 858 | 48.1% | 52.0% |
| Laura B Wallace Middle School KYLE | 831 | 47.1% | 44.0% |
| Stevenson Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 779 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
| Harris Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 903 | 47.3% | 43.9% |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate School SCHERTZ | 702 | 41.7% | 44.9% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where San Jacinto Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #699 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #560 of 1,670 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,145 of 1,670 ▼ 464 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #368 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #670 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,027 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #853 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #1,197 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #299 of 437 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
744
-122 (-14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 945
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 744 | 47.5 | 15.7:1 | 47% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 934 | 45.6 | 20.5:1 | 53% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 829 | 56.6 | 14.7:1 | 54% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 46% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 46.6 | 15.0:1 | 51% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 48% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 53% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 699 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 38% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 945 | 56 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Jacinto Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (698 to 744); teachers up 2% (46.6 to 47.5).
About San Jacinto Junior High School
At 1400 N N ST in MIDLAND, Texas, San Jacinto Junior High School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. There are 744 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
A total of 40 schools make up MIDLAND ISD, with 29,651 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show San Jacinto Junior High School is 63% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 29% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 46% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 352 students, or 47%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Midland County average 57%.
San Jacinto Junior High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Texas public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, San Jacinto Junior High School is 8.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 45.0%. Predicted: 53.5%.
Looking at the county, Midland County, the median household earns about $92,874 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting San Jacinto Junior High School, Midland County has 52 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, San Jacinto Junior High School is closest to Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. San Jacinto Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. San Jacinto Junior High School's average proficiency of 45.0% compares with 51.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put San Jacinto Junior High School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment fell by 14% across 4 years, from 866 in 2020-21 to 744 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for San Jacinto Junior High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School0.5 mi · 481
- James Bowie Fine Arts Academy0.9 mi · 570
- Fannin Elementary School0.9 mi · 603
- Midland Alternative Program1.1 mi · 122
- Midland High School1.2 mi · 2,718
- Lamar Elementary School1.4 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About San Jacinto Junior High SchoolHow many students attend San Jacinto Junior High School?
San Jacinto Junior High School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 06-08.
Is San Jacinto Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
San Jacinto Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does San Jacinto Junior High School have?
San Jacinto Junior High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
How diverse is San Jacinto Junior High School?
San Jacinto Junior High School reports a student body of 29% White, 63% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees San Jacinto Junior High School?
San Jacinto Junior High School is overseen by MIDLAND ISD in Midland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.