Summary:
The Coleman Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Coleman J H, which serves grades 5 through 8 and has a total enrollment of 233 students in this small, rural Texas community. The school has consistently earned a 3-star rating and ranked in the 62nd to 63rd percentile statewide over the past three school years, placing it in the top 37% of Texas middle schools. With a low student-teacher ratio of 10.9 to 1 and spending of $9,651 per student, the school invests heavily in its students, and its overall state percentile for the 2025-2026 school year is the 63rd percentile.
Coleman J H shows a remarkable strength in Mathematics, consistently exceeding state averages in grades 6, 7, and 8. For example, in the 2025-2026 school year, 8th-grade math proficiency was 57.81%, which is 10.57 percentage points above the state average, and 7th-grade math proficiency was 43.48%, which is 14.07 points above the state average. However, the school has a critical area of concern in 5th-grade Science, where only 10.2% of students were proficient in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state average of 29.57%. The 5th-grade cohort also struggles with foundational math, with only 18.97% proficient versus the state average of 47.38%.
A key takeaway is the school's strong "value-add" effect: students who enter in 5th grade with low proficiency scores tend to make significant academic gains as they progress. For instance, 5th-grade Math proficiency is 18.97%, but by 8th grade it jumps to 57.81%, and Reading improves from 40.68% in 5th grade to 58.46% in 8th grade. The school's dropout rate is 0.8%, slightly higher than the district's overall rate of 0.5%, and the free/reduced lunch rate is 37.77%, indicating a moderate level of economic disadvantage. Overall, Coleman J H effectively catches students up, particularly in math, while needing to address early weaknesses in science and foundational skills.
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