Barbers Hill Intermediate South

Barbers Hill Intermediate South in Mont Belvieu, TX, serves 972 students in grades 4 through 6 within the highly-regarded Barbers Hill Independent School District (Isd), where the school benefits from a favorable 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio and a community with a relatively low poverty rate of 32.4%.

Academically, Barbers Hill Intermediate South consistently outperforms state averages by a wide margin—for example, 6th-grade math proficiency (72%) is nearly double the state average (39%)—and it achieves proficiency rates of 70-79% in reading and math. This success stands in stark contrast to nearby schools in the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, such as Highlands J H and Horace Mann J H, where poverty rates exceed 84% and proficiency rates fall in the 30-45% range. However, within its own district, Barbers Hill Intermediate South is the lower-performing of the two intermediate campuses; its counterpart, Barbers Hill Intermediate North, outperforms it in every subject and grade level, such as 5th-grade reading (85.71% vs. 79.34%).

Notable areas for attention include a slight dip in 4th-grade reading proficiency to 69% in the most recent year, and science scores (54-62%) that, while well above the state average, are the school's weakest subject and below the district average. Overall, Barbers Hill Intermediate South provides a strong education that significantly exceeds state benchmarks, though it operates within a high-performing district "bubble" where its results are amplified by a supportive community environment.