Summary:
In zip code 78644, there is one middle school, Lockhart J H, serving grades 6 through 8 with a substantial enrollment of 1,501 students in the Lockhart Independent School District (Isd).
Lockhart J H shows a clear upward trend in its state ranking, improving from a 1-star rating (26th percentile) to a 2-star rating (35th percentile) for the 2025-2026 school year. The school has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch (75.55%), indicating significant economic need. Despite this, the school demonstrates notable strengths, including an exceptionally low dropout rate of 0.5% compared to the district rate of 2.7%. The most striking finding is the school's performance in Algebra I, where 89.7% of students were proficient in the most recent data, dramatically above the state average of 54.03%. This suggests the school effectively accelerates its highest-performing math students into an advanced track.
However, the school faces significant challenges in core subjects. Standard 7th-grade math proficiency is alarmingly low at just 6.55%, compared to the state average of 29.41%, creating a stark contrast with the Algebra I success. Reading proficiency across all grades (6th: 42.95%, 7th: 32.32%, 8th: 46.85%) and 8th-grade social studies (25.3%) all fall below state averages. With a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1 and spending per student of $8,701, the school appears to be using its resources efficiently to show improvement, even as it works to address critical weaknesses in 7th-grade math and overall reading proficiency.
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