SEALY J H

Set in SEALY, Texas, SEALY J H is a moderately sized junior high, part of SEALY ISD. It instructs 664 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 4 schools in SEALY ISD (3,109 students total), SEALY J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SEALY J H shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 31% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 66% of students at SEALY J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Austin County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SEALY J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Austin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $75,789, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. SEALY J H is one of 12 public schools in Austin County (combined enrollment of about 5,944 students).

SELMAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEALY J H at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEALY J H has expanded 14%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 664 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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