SLATON J H

SLATON J H operates as a tiny intermediate school in SLATON, Texas, run under SLATON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 251 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so SLATON J H sits 61% below that benchmark.

SLATON J H is one of 5 schools operated by SLATON ISD, a district that caters to 1,271 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SLATON J H logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 30% White, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SLATON J H has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at SLATON J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Lubbock County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SLATON J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lubbock County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), SLATON J H is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STEPHEN F AUSTIN PRI, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around SLATON J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SLATON J H ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. SLATON J H's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 251). Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.