Summary:
In zip code 75951, there is one middle school, Jasper J H, serving grades 6 through 8 in Jasper, Texas, as part of the Jasper Independent School District (Isd).
Jasper J H has an enrollment of 464 students and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1, with spending over $11,000 per student. However, the school consistently ranks in the bottom 12% of Texas middle schools, with a high rate of economic disadvantage (75.43% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch). A standout finding is the dramatic contrast in math performance: while only 7.51% of 8th graders were proficient in standard Mathematics in 2024-2025 (compared to 44.81% statewide), 53.85% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient, exceeding the state average of 47.01%. This suggests a "two-tier" system where a select group of students excels in advanced math while the majority struggles significantly. The school also shows a positive trend, improving its state percentile rank from the 6th to the 12th percentile over two years, and maintains a 0.0% dropout rate.
Despite these resources and small class sizes, academic outcomes are very low in most subjects. The most persistent weakness is 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 8.09% of students were proficient in 2024-2025 (vs. 29.64% statewide) and 14.38% in 2025-2026 (vs. 31.69% statewide). The school's strength in Algebra I appears to be a recent development, as proficiency dropped below the state average in 2025-2026, indicating this may have been an outlier. For parents, this data highlights a school with strong student retention and some bright spots in advanced math, but with significant, widespread academic challenges that require targeted intervention, particularly in standard math and social studies.
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