Summary:
The six schools in zip code 78026, all part of the Jourdanton Independent School District (Isd), serve approximately 1,552 students from early childhood through high school in Jourdanton, Texas, a district ranked in the 54th percentile statewide.
Jourdanton J H stands out as the strongest academic performer, consistently earning a 3-star rating and achieving near-perfect proficiency (93-100%) in 8th-grade Algebra I, far exceeding district and state averages. In contrast, Jourdanton Elementary struggles significantly in mathematics, with 5th-grade proficiency at just 29.91% compared to the state's 47.38%. Jourdanton High School shows mixed results: it excels in U.S. History (78.13% proficient) and Biology (66.15%), but its Algebra I proficiency drops sharply to 19.8%, creating a major disconnect from the middle school's success. The high school also boasts a strong 95.3% graduation rate and a low 0.8% dropout rate, with the best student-teacher ratio (12.3:1) among standard campuses. The alternative schools, Jourdanton Daep and Atascosa County Juvenile Justice Center, receive over three times the per-student spending ($30,155 and $26,064, respectively) compared to the elementary and middle schools (around $9,300-$9,400), highlighting a significant resource disparity.
A key takeaway is the "Algebra I pipeline" problem: while 8th graders at Jourdanton J H master the subject, high school proficiency plummets, suggesting a possible instructional gap or a shift in the tested student population. Additionally, economic disadvantage decreases as students age, from 63.71% at Jourdanton Ecc to 41.4% at the high school, a trend that warrants further investigation. Overall, the district offers strong middle school academics and a reliable high school graduation rate, but parents should be aware of the elementary math challenges and the inconsistent high school performance in core subjects like Algebra I.
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