WESTWOOD J H

WESTWOOD J H is an intermediate school of tiny scale in PALESTINE, Texas, operated by WESTWOOD ISD, instructing 200 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so WESTWOOD J H sits 69% below that benchmark.

WESTWOOD ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,387 students. WESTWOOD J H is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WESTWOOD J H logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WESTWOOD J H has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Anderson County's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WESTWOOD J H sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.0%; actual is 22.4%, a gap of -16.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Anderson County put median household income runs about $62,068, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Anderson County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students), of which WESTWOOD J H is one.

The closest other public school is WESTWOOD H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTWOOD J H. On composite proficiency, WESTWOOD J H comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. WESTWOOD J H's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 200). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for WESTWOOD J H typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.