SCHULTZ J H

Located at 20950 FIELDS STORE RD, in WALLER, Texas, SCHULTZ J H is a sprawling junior high that works with 1,194 students (grades 6 through 8), run under WALLER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 86% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 11 schools in WALLER ISD (9,905 students total), SCHULTZ J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SCHULTZ J H lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 29% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SCHULTZ J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SCHULTZ J H is one.

WALLER H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHULTZ J H comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHULTZ J H has edged up 44%, going from 832 students in 2018 to 1,194 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 42% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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