WEST OSO J H

WEST OSO J H operates as a cozy junior high in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, run under WEST OSO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so WEST OSO J H sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in WEST OSO ISD (1,778 students total), WEST OSO J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, WEST OSO J H logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest comes out to 10% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, WEST OSO J H lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting WEST OSO J H tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nueces County (around 67%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST OSO J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nueces County put the typical household earns roughly $66,897 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nueces County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), of which WEST OSO J H is one.

The closest other public school is WEST OSO H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST OSO J H at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

WEST OSO J H operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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