Summary:
The Caldwell Independent School District (ISD) in Texas is home to two middle schools: Caldwell Intermediate (grades 4-6) and Caldwell J.H. (grades 7-8). The district is ranked 320 out of 961 school districts in Texas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Of the two middle schools, Caldwell J.H. stands out as the stronger performer. It ranks 560 out of 2,361 Texas middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year and has earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, an improvement from the previous year's ranking of 678 out of 2,330 middle schools. Caldwell J.H. also has a lower dropout rate of 0.1% for the 2022-2023 school year. In contrast, Caldwell Intermediate's STAAR proficiency rates are generally on par with or slightly above the Caldwell ISD and Texas state averages across subjects and grade levels.
While both schools have similar per-student spending, Caldwell Intermediate has a higher student-teacher ratio of 15.3 compared to Caldwell J.H. at 11.3 for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, Caldwell Intermediate has a higher percentage of free/reduced-price lunch recipients at 65.6% compared to Caldwell J.H. at 59.73% for the same school year. These factors may contribute to the performance gap between the two schools, with Caldwell J.H. outperforming Caldwell Intermediate in several areas, including STAAR Reading for 7th and 8th grades, STAAR Mathematics for 7th grade, and STAAR EOC Algebra I.
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