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How has SEALE J H changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBSTOWN ISD·NCES 483744004207
Seale Junior High School
401 E AVE G, ROBSTOWN, TX 78380 · (361) 767-6600 · Nueces County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
474 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 191 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 33% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Seale Junior High School→Robstown Early College High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROBSTOWN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 19.0% | 23.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 14.0% | 26.0% | 54.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Seale Junior High School
Seale Junior High School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seale Junior High School this school | 533 | 88.9% | 23.8% |
| Uplift Williams Prep Middle School DALLAS | 532 | 89.5% | 36.8% |
| East Montana Middle School EL PASO | 496 | 88.9% | 34.2% |
| Salvador Sanchez Middle School EL PASO | 544 | 88.2% | 49.5% |
| Ricardo Estrada Middle School EL PASO | 592 | 88.7% | 34.5% |
| Socorro Middle School EL PASO | 510 | 88.6% | 32.2% |
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 Seale Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #1,543 of 1,635 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,620 of 1,670 ▲ 7 | #22 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,605 of 1,670 ▼ 208 | #20 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,265 of 1,570 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #1,039 of 1,749 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #697 of 1,542 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #1,409 of 1,543 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #282 of 1,648 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #815 of 942 | #13 of 16 |
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
533
-69 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 533 | 37.2 | 14.3:1 | 89% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 36.1 | 13.8:1 | 91% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 39.6 | 13.2:1 | 90% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 89% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 38.5 | 14.4:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 50 | 10.9:1 | 86% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 74% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 77% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 43 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seale Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (556 to 533); teachers down 3% (38.5 to 37.2).
About Seale Junior High School
Seale Junior High School is a small middle school based in ROBSTOWN, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 533 students.
ROBSTOWN ISD is the district for Seale Junior High School. It has 5 schools and 2,570 students.
At Seale Junior High School, Hispanic students make up 96% of the student body. Other students are 4% White. By comparison, Nueces County residents are about 63% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Seale Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
Teachers at the school number 37.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Middle schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 14.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Nueces County, the average is 67%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Seale Junior High School is 11.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 23.8%. Predicted: 35.7%.
Federal survey data for Nueces County show that median household income is about $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Seale Junior High School is among the 124 public schools in Nueces County.
Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy is the public school closest to Seale Junior High School, about 0.5 miles away. Seale Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Seale Junior High School's average proficiency of 23.8% compares with 39.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Seale Junior High School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment was 602 in 2020-21 and 533 in 2024-25, a decrease of 69 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Seale Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROBSTOWN ISD
- Robstown Early College High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Robert Driscoll Jr STEM AcademyElementary · 676 students
- Lotspeich Leadership AcademyElementary · 368 students
- San Pedro Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 243 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
- Salazar Crossroads AcademyCombined
Other schools in ROBSTOWN
- Robstown Early College High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Robert Driscoll Jr STEM AcademyElementary · 676 students
- Lotspeich Leadership AcademyElementary · 368 students
- San Pedro Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 243 students
- Petronila Elementary SchoolElementary · 110 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy0.5 mi · 676
- Robstown Early College High School0.9 mi · 750
- San Pedro Fine Arts Academy1.2 mi · 243
- Lotspeich Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 368
- Calallen West Intermediate School4.5 mi · 426
- Calallen Wood River Elementary School4.5 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Seale Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Seale Junior High School?
Seale Junior High School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Seale Junior High School serve?
Seale Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seale Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seale Junior High School is approximately 14.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seale Junior High School?
At Seale Junior High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Seale Junior High School public or private?
Seale Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROBSTOWN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.