Summary:
In zip code 77414, there is a single middle school, Bay City J H, serving grades 6 through 8 with 750 students in Bay City, Texas, a community where nearly 60% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Bay City J H is part of the Bay City Independent School District (Isd), which is ranked 675 out of 951 districts in Texas. The school itself has seen a concerning decline in its overall state ranking, dropping from the 41st percentile (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 26th percentile (1 star) in 2025-2026. The most striking feature is the "Algebra I Paradox": while only 30.81% of 8th graders are proficient in standard 8th-grade math (well below the state average of 47.24%), a remarkable 95% of the smaller group taking Algebra I are proficient, compared to the state average of 54.03%. This suggests the school excels at accelerating top math students but struggles with the general math curriculum. Across core subjects, the school consistently underperforms state averages, with particularly large gaps in 6th-grade reading (34.83% vs. 53.52%) and 6th-grade math (20.30% vs. 38.57%).
Year-over-year data shows significant volatility in test scores, such as 8th-grade math dropping from 39.35% to 30.81% proficiency between school years. Since Bay City J H is the only middle school in the district, its performance mirrors the district's in most subjects, except for Algebra I where the school's 95% proficiency far exceeds the district's 56.3%, indicating other district schools (likely high schools) have students taking the exam with much lower scores. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1 and spends $11,064 per student, with a dropout rate of 0.4% (double the district's 0.2%).
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