SAN JACINTO J H

SAN JACINTO J H is one of the moderately sized junior highs in MIDLAND, Texas, run under MIDLAND ISD, with 744 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

MIDLAND ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 29,651 students; SAN JACINTO J H is among them.

On demographics, SAN JACINTO J H lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Midland County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SAN JACINTO J H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at SAN JACINTO J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Midland County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAN JACINTO J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Midland County shows median household income runs about $92,874, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAN JACINTO J H is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).

Nearest neighbor: SAM HOUSTON COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAN JACINTO J H comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 698 students in 2018 compared to 744 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 23% to 29% over that span.

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