WILLS POINT J H

WILLS POINT J H operates as a modestly sized middle-grades school in WILLS POINT, Texas, operated by WILLS POINT ISD. Current enrollment sits at 442 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in WILLS POINT ISD (2,893 students total), WILLS POINT J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WILLS POINT J H records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, WILLS POINT J H lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Van Zandt County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WILLS POINT J H sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.3%; actual is 26.6%, a gap of -15.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Van Zandt County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,475, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Van Zandt County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students), of which WILLS POINT J H is one.

The closest other public school is WILLS POINT MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WILLS POINT J H. On composite proficiency, WILLS POINT J H comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. WILLS POINT J H's enrollment has rose 26% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 442). White enrollment moved from 66% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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