WINDTHORST JH

WINDTHORST JH operates as an one-room-style junior high in WINDTHORST, Texas, one of the schools within WINDTHORST ISD. Current enrollment sits at 107 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 83% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in WINDTHORST ISD (506 students total), WINDTHORST JH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WINDTHORST JH logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, WINDTHORST JH lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Archer County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WINDTHORST JH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 65.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Archer County put the typical household earns roughly $72,159 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Archer County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students), WINDTHORST JH is one campus in the mix.

WINDTHORST H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WINDTHORST JH comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 107 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 73% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.