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Enrollment
751
Middle
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEHOUSE ISD·NCES 484560005185
Whitehouse Junior High School
406 W MAIN, WHITEHOUSE, TX 75791 · (903) 839-5590 · Smith County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
320 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 366 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 375 | 50% |
Student demographics
56%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
Students here typically continue to
Whitehouse Junior High School→Whitehouse High School
Based on grade levels within WHITEHOUSE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 44.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 31.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Whitehouse Junior High School
Whitehouse Junior High School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse Junior High School this school | 751 | 42.6% | 64.2% |
| Hardin-Jefferson Junior High School SOUR LAKE TX | 656 | 39.8% | 56.9% |
| Hallsville Intermediate School HALLSVILLE | 759 | 44.0% | 58.4% |
| Hallsville Junior High School HALLSVILLE | 768 | 40.4% | 64.2% |
| Pleasant Grove Middle School TEXARKANA | 537 | 40.2% | 60.8% |
| Lindale Junior High School LINDALE | 695 | 44.6% | 67.1% |
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 Whitehouse Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #173 of 1,635 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #200 of 1,670 ▼ 95 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #291 of 1,670 ▲ 1 | #3 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,324 of 1,570 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #662 of 1,749 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #812 of 1,542 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #684 of 1,543 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #1,274 of 1,648 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #884 of 942 | N/A |
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
751
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 751 | 50.9 | 14.8:1 | 43% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 776 | 51.2 | 15.2:1 | 47% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 51.7 | 15.0:1 | 49% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 47% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 46.9 | 16.3:1 | 40% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 40% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 34% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 17% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 30 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitehouse Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (766 to 751); teachers up 8% (46.9 to 50.9).
About Whitehouse Junior High School
Whitehouse Junior High School runs as a mid-sized middle school in WHITEHOUSE, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 751 students.
Whitehouse Junior High School is one school in a 7-school district, WHITEHOUSE ISD, which enrolls 4,676 students.
More than half of the students at Whitehouse Junior High School are White (63%). Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Smith County, where about 67% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Based on 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Whitehouse Junior High School has a ratio of 14.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 43%. That is lower than the 64% average for public schools in Smith County.
Among Texas public middle schools, Whitehouse Junior High School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Whitehouse Junior High School is 8.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Smith County show that the median household earns about $74,192 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Smith County, 65 public schools serve about 37,385 students.
The closest school to Whitehouse Junior High School is Stanton-Smith Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. Whitehouse Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Whitehouse Junior High School's average proficiency of 64.2% compares with 61.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Whitehouse Junior High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITEHOUSE ISD
- Whitehouse High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- H L Higgins Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mozelle Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Gus Winston Cain Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Stanton-Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in WHITEHOUSE
- Whitehouse High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- H L Higgins Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mozelle Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Gus Winston Cain Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Stanton-Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Stanton-Smith Elementary School0.2 mi · 486
- H L Higgins Elementary School0.8 mi · 597
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade School1.0 mi · 355
- Whitehouse High School1.1 mi · 1,404
- Gus Winston Cain Elementary School1.3 mi · 508
- Mozelle Brown Elementary School3.2 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Whitehouse Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Whitehouse Junior High School?
Whitehouse Junior High School enrolls approximately 751 students in grades 06-08.
Is Whitehouse Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitehouse Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Whitehouse Junior High School have?
Whitehouse Junior High School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Whitehouse Junior High School?
Student demographics at Whitehouse Junior High School are roughly 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Whitehouse Junior High School in?
Whitehouse Junior High School is part of WHITEHOUSE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.