WHITE J H

WHITE J H, a medium-sized junior high in MISSION, Texas, part of MISSION CISD, serves 831 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 29% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

MISSION CISD comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,765 students; WHITE J H is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WHITE J H reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WHITE J H has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at WHITE J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WHITE J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.

Around the school, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WHITE J H is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: OLLIE O'GRADY EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WHITE J H ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. WHITE J H's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 878 (now 831).

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