Summary:
The Tulia Independent School District (Isd) contains one middle school, Tulia J H, serving grades 6 through 8 with a total enrollment of 170 students in a small, rural Texas community.
Tulia J H is a school with notable resources but significant academic challenges. The school has a very low student-teacher ratio of 7.4 to 1 and above-average per-pupil spending of $12,961, indicating a strong investment in its students. However, academic performance on the STAAR tests is well below state averages across nearly all subjects and grade levels. For example, only 10.8% of 8th graders are proficient in social studies compared to the state average of 31.7%, and 6th-grade math proficiency is just 15.5% versus the state's 38.6%. The school's state ranking has also declined, falling from the 14th percentile to the 9th percentile over recent years. A bright spot is the 7th-grade math proficiency rate of 28.8%, which is nearly identical to the state average of 29.4%, suggesting a potential model for improvement in other areas.
Despite low test scores, the school reports a 0.0% dropout rate, which is excellent and better than the district's 0.2% rate. This is an unusual and positive finding for a school with such low academic performance, possibly indicating strong student support systems that keep students enrolled. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (87.06%) is a critical context for understanding the school's performance, as it faces challenges that often require more than just additional resources to overcome. Overall, Tulia J H is a well-funded school with small class sizes that is struggling to translate these advantages into academic success, though the 7th-grade math program and zero dropout rate offer areas of hope for parents to explore further.
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