Summary:
The Ennis Independent School District (Isd) is home to two middle schools—Ennis J H (serving grades 7-8) and Alamo Middle (serving grade 6 only)—with a combined enrollment of 1,365 students in a district ranked in the 23rd percentile statewide.
The most striking difference between the two schools is in advanced math. Ennis J H stands out for its Algebra I program, where 80.39% of 8th graders scored proficient on the End-of-Course exam—far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. This success, however, contrasts sharply with a crisis in 7th-grade math at the same school, where only 6.23% of students were proficient, a catastrophic drop from the prior year and well below the state average of 29.41%. Meanwhile, Alamo Middle shows more consistent but still low math performance, with 33.2% of 6th graders proficient. In reading, Ennis J H outperforms Alamo Middle (45.74% vs. 35.89% proficiency), though both fall below state averages. A major weakness for Ennis J H is 8th-grade social studies, where only 11.99% of students are proficient—less than half the state rate.
Both schools serve a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (around 60%), and student-teacher ratios are favorable (13.9:1 at Alamo Middle, 14.7:1 at Ennis J H). The data reveals a troubling trend: as students move from 6th grade at Alamo Middle to 7th grade at Ennis J H, math proficiency plummets dramatically. The district’s Algebra I success at Ennis J H also creates a paradox: the district average for Algebra I is only 33.97%, suggesting that high school scores must be extremely low. This points to a potential “pipeline” issue where advanced middle school students thrive, but the majority struggle with math at higher levels.
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