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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WEST BRAZOS J H this year?
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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD·NCES 481467000961
West Brazos Junior High School
111 ROUSTABOUT DR, BRAZORIA, TX 77442 · (979) 799-1700 · Brazoria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C+Three-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
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
407 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 213 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 West Brazos Junior High School
West Brazos Junior High School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Brazos Junior High School this school | 651 | 62.5% | 40.9% |
| B McDaniel Intermediate School DENISON | 708 | 60.7% | 44.9% |
| Burnet Middle School BURNET | 711 | 57.5% | 36.8% |
| Granbury Middle School GRANBURY | 890 | 62.2% | 39.1% |
| Rockport-Fulton Middle School ROCKPORT | 665 | 62.3% | 38.9% |
| Mabank Intermediate School MABANK | 610 | 67.2% | 37.0% |
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 West Brazos Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #894 of 1,635 | #22 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,095 of 1,670 ▼ 150 | #23 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,163 of 1,670 ▼ 257 | #23 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #910 of 1,570 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #843 of 1,749 | #20 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #886 of 1,542 | #10 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #635 of 1,543 | #19 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #887 of 1,648 | #7 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #70 of 437 | #1 of 9 |
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
651
+181 (+39%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 651 | 43.1 | 15.1:1 | 63% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 45.1 | 15.3:1 | 61% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 48.6 | 13.9:1 | 65% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 58% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 32.8 | 14.9:1 | 63% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 50% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 51% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 32% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 62 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Brazos Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (488 to 651); teachers up 31% (32.8 to 43.1).
About West Brazos Junior High School
West Brazos Junior High School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD, located in BRAZORIA, Texas. In all, 651 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD oversees West Brazos Junior High School and 5 other schools, with 2,871 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show West Brazos Junior High School is 56% White. Other groups make up 33% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. Brazoria County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. West Brazos Junior High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
West Brazos Junior High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Texas public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, West Brazos Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%; the prediction is 47.0%.
In the surrounding county, Brazoria County, median household income comes to about $97,993, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 115 public schools and about 75,767 students.
West Brazos Junior High School's closest public school neighbor is Wild Peach Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Within five miles of West Brazos Junior High School, there are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, West Brazos Junior High School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
Federal data place West Brazos Junior High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 651, compared with 470 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.7:1 to 15.1:1.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 885 students
- West Columbia Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- Barrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Wild Peach Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education ProgramHigh · 4 students
Other schools in BRAZORIA
- Barrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Wild Peach Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Wild Peach Elementary School1.7 mi · 297
- Barrow Elementary School1.9 mi · 360
- West Columbia Elementary School5.5 mi · 674
- Columbia High School5.9 mi · 885
- Sweeny Junior High School7.1 mi · 453
- Sweeny High School7.1 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About West Brazos Junior High SchoolHow many students attend West Brazos Junior High School?
West Brazos Junior High School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does West Brazos Junior High School serve?
West Brazos Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West Brazos Junior High School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at West Brazos Junior High School.
How diverse is West Brazos Junior High School?
West Brazos Junior High School reports a student body of 56% White, 33% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees West Brazos Junior High School?
West Brazos Junior High School is overseen by COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD in Brazoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.