Enrollment
251
Middle
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLATON ISD·NCES 484044004580
Slaton Junior High School
300 W JEAN ST, SLATON, TX 79364 · (806) 828-6583 · Lubbock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
175 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 83 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Slaton Junior High School→Slaton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SLATON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 7.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Slaton Junior High School
Slaton Junior High School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaton Junior High School this school | 251 | 69.7% | 32.6% |
| Hillsboro Junior High School HILLSBORO | 290 | 73.1% | 59.7% |
| Walker Junior High School MONAHANS | 318 | 66.0% | 39.4% |
| New Deal Middle School NEW DEAL | 226 | 66.4% | 32.4% |
| Rockdale Junior High School ROCKDALE | 313 | 62.3% | 33.0% |
| San Saba Middle School SAN SABA | 216 | 73.1% | 41.2% |
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 Slaton Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,285 of 1,635 | #14 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,516 of 1,670 ▲ 21 | #16 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,235 of 1,670 ▲ 53 | #14 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.0pp | #129 of 1,570 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,473 of 1,749 | #19 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #830 of 1,542 | #16 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #711 of 1,543 | #12 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #723 of 1,648 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #568 of 942 | #8 of 13 |
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
251
-51 (-17%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 251 | 16.9 | 14.8:1 | 70% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 21.8 | 11.1:1 | 74% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 24.6 | 10.7:1 | 72% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 64% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 20.7 | 13.7:1 | 81% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 82% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 79% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 63% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 25 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Slaton Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (285 to 251); teachers down 18% (20.7 to 16.9).
About Slaton Junior High School
This page covers Slaton Junior High School, a small middle school in SLATON, Texas. The latest federal count shows 251 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 61% lower.
SLATON ISD runs Slaton Junior High School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,271 students in total.
Roughly 59% of students at Slaton Junior High School are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 30% White and 8% Black. Among all residents of Lubbock County, the Hispanic share is about 36%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Slaton Junior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That matches the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. The rate at public schools in Lubbock County averages 57%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Slaton Junior High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Slaton Junior High School is 43.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Lubbock County show that the median household income is $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 110 public schools in Lubbock County, enrolling about 52,301 students in all.
The nearest public school is Stephen F Austin Primary School, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.6%, higher than Slaton Junior High School's 32.6%.
The federal government classifies Slaton Junior High School's location as Town: Distant.
Enrollment is down 17% from 2020-21, when Slaton Junior High School had 302 students, to 2024-25, when it had 251. The ratio was 12.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Slaton Junior High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SLATON ISD
- Cathelene Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Slaton High SchoolHigh · 359 students
- Stephen F Austin Primary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Slaton ISD DAEPMiddle · 8 students
- Lubbock Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in SLATON
- Cathelene Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Slaton High SchoolHigh · 359 students
- Stephen F Austin Primary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Slaton ISD DAEPMiddle · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Stephen F Austin Primary School0.3 mi · 218
- Cathelene Thomas Elementary School0.5 mi · 435
- Slaton ISD DAEP0.9 mi · 8
- Slaton High School0.9 mi · 359
- Southland School7.0 mi · 132
- Wilson School9.0 mi · 133
Frequently asked questions
About Slaton Junior High SchoolHow large is Slaton Junior High School?
Slaton Junior High School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 06-08.
Is Slaton Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Slaton Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Slaton Junior High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Slaton Junior High School.
How diverse is Slaton Junior High School?
Slaton Junior High School reports a student body of 30% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Slaton Junior High School?
Slaton Junior High School is overseen by SLATON ISD in Lubbock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.