Summary:
The Beeville Independent School District (Isd) contains a single middle school, Moreno J H, which serves grades 6 through 8 and has a total enrollment of 682 students. As the district's only middle school, its performance directly reflects the district's overall middle school data, and it serves a community where over 81% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Moreno J H presents a mixed picture of significant challenges and one remarkable strength. The school is ranked in the bottom quarter of Texas middle schools (19th percentile) with a 1-star rating, and its most glaring weakness is in 7th Grade Mathematics, where only 3.59% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—nearly 26 percentage points below the state average. However, the school shows a striking "Algebra I Paradox": while general math proficiency is extremely low, 96.15% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient, nearly double the state average. This suggests the school excels at accelerating its top math students but struggles to support the majority in standard math curriculum. On a positive note, reading scores show an upward trend, with 6th Grade proficiency improving from 34.93% to 44.81% and 8th Grade from 42.86% to 51.2% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. Social Studies remains a persistent weakness, with only 21.26% of 8th graders proficient in 2025-2026.
Key metrics include a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1, spending of $9,633 per student, and a very low dropout rate of 0.2% (compared to the district's 0.8%). The school's high poverty rate correlates with its overall low performance, but the improving reading scores and exceptional Algebra I results offer hope. For parents, Moreno J H is a school with clear areas for improvement in math and social studies, but it also demonstrates the ability to achieve excellence with its advanced students and is making progress in reading instruction.
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