Summary:
Lockhart Independent School District (ISD) is home to one large middle school, Lockhart J H, which serves grades 6 through 8 and has an enrollment of 1,501 students, with a high percentage of students (75.55%) coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Lockhart J H presents a mixed picture of performance. The school's standout strength is its Algebra I program, where 89.7% of students taking the End-of-Course exam were proficient in 2025-2026, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. This success, however, contrasts sharply with a critical weakness in 7th-grade mathematics, where only 6.55% of students were proficient, compared to the state average of 29.41%. This represents a dramatic 22.86 percentage point gap and is the most urgent area for intervention. In 8th-grade math, the school actually outperforms the state (50.78% vs. 47.24%), suggesting that the school effectively tracks its top math students into advanced Algebra I, leaving a less-prepared group in the standard 8th-grade class. Reading proficiency is a consistent challenge, with all three grade levels trailing the state average by 10 to 20 percentage points.
Despite these challenges, the school's overall state ranking has improved from the 26th percentile (1 star) in 2023-2024 to the 35th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026, indicating strategic progress in other areas. The school's dropout rate is a low 0.5%, significantly better than the district's 2.7% rate. With per-student spending of $8,701, Lockhart J H operates with limited resources relative to the high poverty rate, making its standout Algebra I program a notable achievement while highlighting the need for targeted support in 7th-grade math and reading across all grades.
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