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WALLER J H
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WALLER J H
WALLER J H is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in WALLER, Texas, overseen by WALLER ISD. The school hosts 951 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 643.
WALLER J H is one of 11 schools operated by WALLER ISD, a district that caters to 9,905 students overall.
On demographics, WALLER J H shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 21% White, 17% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALLER J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.
In the area at large, Waller County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,397, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Waller County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,294 students), WALLER J H is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WALLER J J An E P, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WALLER J H. On composite proficiency, WALLER J H comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Trend over the last 7 years. WALLER J H's enrollment has expanded 29% since 2018, when it stood at 740 (now 951). Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.
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