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What's one thing WILSON J H gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,295
Middle
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAYTON ISD·NCES 481641001403
Wilson Junior High School
309 S HWY 146, DAYTON, TX 77535 · (936) 258-2309 · Liberty County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
16.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
951 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 424 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 428 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 443 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Wilson Junior High School→Dayton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DAYTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Wilson Junior High School
Wilson Junior High School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Junior High School this school | 1,295 | 73.4% | 31.2% |
| Barwise Middle School WICHITA FALLS | 1,164 | 71.7% | 39.7% |
| Norman Junior High School KAUFMAN | 961 | 69.9% | 44.4% |
| Lynn Lucas Middle School WILLIS | 901 | 72.1% | 29.7% |
| Angleton J H School ANGLETON | 1,567 | 68.5% | 46.2% |
| Lowell Smith Jr Intermediate School CLEBURNE | 958 | 74.5% | 34.9% |
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 Wilson Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,347 of 1,635 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,361 of 1,670 ▼ 37 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,265 of 1,670 ▼ 4 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #551 of 1,570 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #75 of 1,749 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,262 of 1,542 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #547 of 1,543 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #651 of 1,648 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #288 of 437 | 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
1,295
-43 (-3%) vs 2020
+144% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,295 | 77.4 | 16.7:1 | 73% (951) |
| 2023-24 | 1,370 | 80.5 | 17.0:1 | 72% (990) |
| 2022-23 | 1,396 | 80.5 | 17.3:1 | 74% (1,030) |
| 2020-21 | 1,338 | 74 | 18.1:1 | 71% (953) |
| 2017-18 | 1,210 | 75.1 | 16.1:1 | 67% (808) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 77 | 15.5:1 | 55% (651) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 56% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 1,161 | 75 | 15.5:1 | 32% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,210 to 1,295); teachers up 3% (75.1 to 77.4).
About Wilson Junior High School
Wilson Junior High School serves students in DAYTON, Texas, as a high-enrollment middle school. In all, 1,295 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 101% above the average for middle schools in Texas.
DAYTON ISD counts 7 schools and 5,675 students, including Wilson Junior High School.
Hispanic students are 51% of those enrolled at Wilson Junior High School. Other reported shares: 37% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 40% Hispanic among all Liberty County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
There are 77.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.7:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is lower. Of all students at Wilson Junior High School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wilson Junior High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of Texas public middle schools.
The model predicts 42.3% for a school in Texas with Wilson Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wilson Junior High School posts 31.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Liberty County show that the median household earns about $68,703 a year, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Liberty County has 41 public schools with about 27,599 students, including Wilson Junior High School.
Wilson Junior High School's nearest public school is Austin Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Wilson Junior High School is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Wilson Junior High School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 1,338 students in 2020-21 to 1,295 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
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Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,380
Census ACS
Median income
$68,703
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
27,599 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DAYTON ISD
- Dayton High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Richter Elementary SchoolElementary · 895 students
- Kimmie M Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Colbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education CenterHigh · 5 students
Other schools in DAYTON
- Dayton High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Richter Elementary SchoolElementary · 895 students
- Kimmie M Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Colbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Premier H S of DaytonHigh · 112 students
Other Wilson Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Wilson Junior High. Wilson Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Wilson Jr. HighEl Centro, CA · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Austin Elementary School0.1 mi · 771
- Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center0.3 mi · 5
- Kimmie M Brown Elementary School0.9 mi · 804
- Colbert Elementary School0.9 mi · 231
- Richter Elementary School1.6 mi · 895
- Dayton High School2.0 mi · 1,674
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Junior High School?
Wilson Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,295 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wilson Junior High School serve?
Wilson Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Junior High School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Wilson Junior High School.
How diverse is Wilson Junior High School?
Wilson Junior High School reports a student body of 37% White, 51% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Junior High School in?
Wilson Junior High School is part of DAYTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.