Summary:
In zip code 79744, there is a single middle school, Iraan J H, serving grades 6 through 8 in the rural community of Iraan, Texas, as part of the Iraan-Sheffield Collegiate Independent School District (Isd).
Iraan J H is a very small school with only 78 students, which creates a unique environment of both opportunity and challenge. The school benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 9.3, allowing for more individualized attention, but its small size also leads to significant year-over-year volatility in test scores. For example, 6th-grade Reading proficiency swung from 75% (well above the state average) in 2024-2025 to just 33.33% (well below) the following year. The school's overall state ranking has declined from the 37th percentile to the 20th percentile, earning a 1-star rating, and the district ranks in the 16th percentile.
The most critical academic concern is in 7th-grade Math, where 0% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, compared to the state average of 29.41%. This represents a severe crisis that requires immediate intervention. Additionally, 8th-grade Social Studies is a persistent weakness, with proficiency rates of 3.57% and 9.68% over the past two years, far below the state average of around 30%. On a positive note, the school has a 0% dropout rate and a moderate level of economic disadvantage, with 47.44% of students receiving free or reduced lunch. While the school shows flashes of strength, such as strong 6th-grade Reading in a prior year, the overall trend points to a need for targeted improvements in Math and Social Studies instruction to stabilize and raise academic performance.
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