Summary:
The Jefferson Independent School District (Isd) contains one middle school, Jefferson J H, which serves grades 5 through 8 with an enrollment of 307 students in a high-poverty area where 68% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Jefferson J H presents a mixed picture of performance. The school's overall ranking places it in the 23rd percentile statewide with a 1-star rating, and its recent history shows a volatile pattern of low ratings. However, there is a notable bright spot in Algebra I: students taking this End-of-Course exam achieved a 70% proficiency rate, significantly outperforming the state average of 54%. This creates an "Algebra I Paradox" where advanced math students excel while general math proficiency is critically low—only 9.38% of 6th graders and 16.07% of 7th graders met state standards in math, compared to state averages of 38.57% and 29.41% respectively. Reading scores are more stable but consistently trail the state by 11-14 percentage points, while 8th-grade Social Studies comes closest to matching state performance, just 3 percentage points below.
Despite a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.9 and spending of $11,547 per student, the school struggles with core academic achievement. The math scores show significant year-to-year volatility, suggesting systemic issues with instruction in the lower middle school grades. The school maintains a 0% dropout rate, which is excellent, but the combination of high poverty, low test scores, and adequate resources indicates that challenges go beyond funding or staffing. For parents, this means Jefferson J H offers strong advanced math opportunities for select students but requires urgent attention to foundational math skills for the majority of its student body.
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