Summary:
The Poolville Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Poolville J H, which serves 183 students in grades 6 through 8 and has a student-teacher ratio of 11:1, suggesting smaller class sizes. The school has shown slight improvement in its state ranking, moving from the 30th percentile (1-star rating) in 2023-2024 to the 32nd percentile (2-star rating) for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, though it remains in the lower third of Texas middle schools.
The most striking finding is a significant disparity in math performance. While students in the advanced Algebra I track excelled, with 81.25% proficient in 2025-2026 (well above the state average of 54.03%), the general 8th-grade math proficiency was only 18.46% (compared to the state's 47.24%). This "two-tiered" math department shows that top students are thriving, but the majority of students in standard math classes are struggling. This math crisis is consistent across grades, with 7th-grade math proficiency also lagging roughly 15 percentage points behind the state average for two consecutive years. Reading is a relative strength, with 8th-grade reading proficiency (54.1%) close to the state average (58.69%).
With 42.08% of students economically disadvantaged and a zero percent dropout rate, the school demonstrates strong student retention. The low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 suggests that class size is not the primary barrier to improvement, pointing instead to a need for curriculum and instructional strategy reviews, particularly in math for the general student population. The school's spending of $12,609 per student provides resources that could be targeted to address these academic gaps and build on the success seen in its advanced math program.
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