Summary:
Karnes City Independent School District (ISD) in Texas has only one middle school, Karnes City J H, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is among the lower-performing schools in the state. Despite relatively small class sizes and higher-than-average spending per student, the school faces significant challenges in improving student outcomes.
Karnes City J H's academic performance is a concern, with proficiency rates on STAAR tests generally below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 13.04% in 8th grade math to 85.71% in Algebra I, compared to the state averages of 37.68% and 47.01%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high dropout rate of 10.0% for the 2022-2023 school year.
The data suggests that the school serves a disadvantaged population, with 59.57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. While the school's resource allocation, as evidenced by the higher-than-average spending per student and smaller class sizes, may be a strategy to address the needs of its student population, the consistently low performance indicates that more targeted interventions and support are needed to improve educational outcomes in the Karnes City Independent School District (ISD).
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