SEMINOLE J H

Located at 600 N W AVE J, in SEMINOLE, Texas, SEMINOLE J H is a medium-sized middle school that teaches 676 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by SEMINOLE ISD.

SEMINOLE ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,089 students; SEMINOLE J H is among them.

Looking at the student body, SEMINOLE J H lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 41% White. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SEMINOLE J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gaines County indicate median household income runs about $74,132, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Gaines County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,764 students), of which SEMINOLE J H is one.

SEMINOLE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SEMINOLE J H. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEMINOLE J H at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. SEMINOLE J H's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 676). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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