Summary:
There is only one middle school in the Brooks County Independent School District (Isd), Falfurrias J H, which serves grades 6 through 8 with 279 students in Falfurrias, Texas, a community where 85.3% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Falfurrias J H has a consistent 1-star rating from Schooldigger over the past three school years, placing it in the bottom 15-18% of Texas middle schools. The school's performance in Mathematics is critically low, with only 5.97% of 6th graders and 13.04% of 7th graders proficient in math in 2024-2025. However, the school has a remarkable Algebra I program, with 88.24% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam proficient, nearly double the state average. Performance in Science and Social Studies is extremely poor, with only 13.64% of 8th graders proficient in Science and a mere 3.41% proficient in Social Studies. The school spends $15,527 per student, significantly higher than the Texas state average, yet ranks in the bottom 17% of the state.
A standout strength is the 0.0% dropout rate, indicating the school successfully keeps students engaged despite high poverty levels. The school's ranking has been remarkably consistent over the last three years (17th, 15th, and 18th percentile), showing academic stagnation. The 8th-grade math score of 48.35% appears to be a relative strength, but this is likely because the highest-performing 8th graders take Algebra I and are removed from the standard math test pool. The core challenge for Falfurrias J H is to translate its high spending and low dropout rate into broad-based academic proficiency across all subjects and grade levels.
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