Barnett J H

Summary:

Barnett J.H. is a public middle school located in Arlington, Texas, serving 641 students in grades 7-8 and part of the Arlington Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 683 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Barnett J.H. struggles, with STAAR test scores generally below the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 44.06% of 7th-grade students were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 52.08% statewide and 40.75% in the Arlington ISD. The school's performance is particularly low in STAAR Social Studies for 8th grade, with only 16.98% of students proficient or better, compared to 30.55% statewide and 22.34% in the Arlington ISD. However, the school's performance for English Language Learners and Special Education students is relatively stronger, with these subgroups ranking in the top 4 or 5 out of 5 stars in the state.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Ousley J.H. and James Coble Middle, which are part of the Mansfield ISD and have higher STAAR test scores and overall state rankings, Barnett J.H.'s academic performance is generally lower. Additionally, the school's spending per student has decreased from $13,123 in 2018-2019 to $10,724 in 2020-2021, which is higher than the state average but lower than some of the nearby schools, suggesting budgetary constraints that could impact its ability to provide resources and support for its students.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 2101 Sublett Rd
       Arlington, TX  76018-6246


(682) 867-5000

District: Arlington Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1710th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,724 Help


Students who attend Barnett J H usually attend:

High:    Bowie High School

Feeder schools for Barnett J H:

Elementary:    Bryant Elementary
    Farrell Elementary
    Starrett Elementary
    West Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.9 Help
Number of students:  570

Racial breakdown:

African American:
38.9%
Hispanic:
38.8%
Asian:
12.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  80.7% Help


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Compare Details Barnett J H ranks worse than 72.4% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 7th among 10 ranked middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.68. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Barnett J H is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (38.9%), Hispanic (38.8%), Asian (12.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 80.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Barnett J H is 11.9, which is the 2nd best among 10 middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Barnett J H is $10,724, which is the 3rd highest among 10 middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Barnett J H:

SchoolDigger ranks Barnett J H 1710th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Barnett J H in the ranking list.)

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Arlington Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Arlington Independent School District (Isd) 683rd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Barnett J H

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Rank History for all students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 69.05 405th 1573 74.3%
2005 63.55 554th 1582 65.0%
2006 66.86 489th 1585 69.1%
2007 56.09 810th 1684 51.9%
2008 50.77 975th 1718 43.2%
2009 53.23 942nd 1763 46.6%
2010 42.09 1300th 1803 27.9%
2011 52.34 1066th 1895 43.7%
2012 47.11 1118th 1951 42.7%
2013 53.90 942nd 1973 52.3%
2014 50.68 1041st 1987 47.6%
2015 47.94 1151st 2043 43.7%
2016 54.42 958th 1987 51.8%
2017 55.70 754th 2027 62.8%
2018 50.70 918th 2080 55.9%
2019 44.98 1151st 2193 47.5%
2021 36.99 1380th 2252 38.7%
2022 41.83 1258th 2254 44.2%
2023 26.03 1815th 2330 22.1%
2024 30.68 1710th 2361 27.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.17 439th 720 39.0%
2019 32.13 541st 753 28.2%
2022 17.84 740th 813 9.0%
2023 21.98 712th 817 12.9%
2024 22.86 694th 812 14.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.34 374th 1376 72.8%
2019 64.75 304th 1445 79.0%
2021 63.72 322nd 1592 79.8%
2022 80.60 154th 1643 90.6%
2023 72.28 283rd 1720 83.5%
2024 59.03 530th 1760 69.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.59 1463rd 1597 8.4%
2019 38.44 956th 1626 41.2%
2021 43.05 820th 1712 52.1%
2022 33.30 1238th 1757 29.5%
2023 38.00 1078th 1815 40.6%
2024 71.23 268th 1881 85.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.88 644th 2039 68.4%
2019 51.34 890th 2073 57.1%
2021 42.83 1209th 2172 44.3%
2022 46.42 1106th 2220 50.2%
2023 31.61 1663rd 2251 26.1%
2024 40.03 1318th 2224 40.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.04 844th 2008 58.0%
2019 44.32 1115th 2047 45.5%
2021 39.15 1286th 2151 40.2%
2022 40.41 1308th 2221 41.1%
2023 26.19 1788th 2241 20.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.93 463rd 1430 67.6%
2019 56.80 759th 1446 47.5%
2021 33.91 1140th 1501 24.1%
2022 51.78 880th 1488 40.9%
2023 37.87 1123rd 1481 24.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.36 1022nd 2008 49.1%
2019 34.56 1412th 2058 31.4%
2021 39.67 1227th 2118 42.1%
2022 49.91 883rd 2182 59.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.75 991st 2030 51.2%
2019 42.78 1130th 2069 45.4%
2021 33.99 1423rd 2168 34.4%
2022 41.53 1257th 2228 43.6%
2023 25.50 1770th 2245 21.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.61 294th 587 49.9%
2019 47.99 357th 594 39.9%
2021 41.50 381st 589 35.3%
2022 48.29 355th 606 41.4%
2023 48.09 371st 616 39.8%
2024 34.36 462nd 612 24.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.58 514th 1167 56.0%
2019 44.65 597th 1193 50.0%
2021 45.22 577th 1213 52.4%
2022 39.78 717th 1251 42.7%
2023 27.49 967th 1273 24.0%
2024 37.16 799th 1271 37.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.25 1025th 1895 45.9%
2019 39.44 1176th 1935 39.2%
2021 32.25 1439th 2043 29.6%
2022 39.78 1239th 2077 40.3%
2023 21.13 1843rd 2116 12.9%
2024 27.08 1690th 2108 19.8%
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Rank History for White students at Barnett J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.37 887th 1673 47.0%
2019 37.28 1138th 1684 32.4%
2021 18.56 1529th 1700 10.1%
2022 29.62 1338th 1723 22.3%
2023 31.20 1345th 1749 23.1%
2024 40.19 1077th 1724 37.5%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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by a parent
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Open Quote This school does a horrendous job at controlling their students. The amount of bullying that happens on a daily basis is disgusting and the lack of response from administration is worse. The teachers are good, but they can only be good for so long before they burn out. The administration needs to step up. It is embarrassing what they turn a blind eye too. It's also hard to get through to the office staff to report an absent student. They are rude on the phone and short with parents.
I regret sending my children to this school.
Do yourself and your children a favor and send them somewhere else. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Barnett J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1994 823 260 122 124 5 n/a n/a 0 1334
1995 728 253 87 123 3 n/a n/a 0 1194
1996 728 253 87 123 3 n/a n/a 0 1194
1997 712 287 95 143 2 n/a n/a 0 1239
1998 441 181 74 97 0 n/a n/a 0 793
1999 449 221 77 118 0 n/a n/a 0 865
2000 432 287 84 159 2 n/a n/a 0 964
2001 418 318 102 158 3 n/a n/a 0 999
2002 331 319 90 163 4 n/a n/a 0 907
2003 331 319 90 163 4 n/a n/a 0 907
2004 323 345 102 191 0 n/a n/a 0 961
2005 292 371 111 233 1 n/a n/a 0 1008
2006 266 405 110 228 4 n/a n/a 0 1013
2007 224 364 123 239 4 n/a n/a 0 954
2008 216 404 130 288 5 n/a n/a 0 1043
2009 229 424 132 327 6 n/a n/a 0 1118
2010 205 416 134 318 5 n/a n/a 0 1078
2011 171 395 143 302 4 0 15 0 1030
2012 146 428 132 330 5 0 14 0 1055
2013 124 398 121 348 5 1 16 0 1013
2014 116 347 145 312 1 1 27 0 949
2015 93 343 142 286 3 4 22 0 893
2016 82 344 126 303 4 1 21 0 881
2017 89 321 138 304 2 0 20 0 874
2018 66 324 163 299 1 1 20 0 874
2019 62 300 147 270 3 1 17 0 800
2020 70 277 107 259 3 1 13 0 730
2021 65 260 115 265 3 1 15 0 724
2022 57 269 110 253 2 0 16 0 707
2023 53 267 77 221 3 1 19 0 641
2024 34 222 71 221 3 1 18 0 570

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Barnett J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 1334 68.9 19.4 10.3
1995 1194 74.1 16.1 10.1
1996 1194 74.1 16.1 10.1
1997 1239 84.9 14.6 9.5
1998 793 54.6 14.5 12.1
1999 865 57.6 15.0 19.7
2000 964 66.0 14.6 21.7
2001 999 67.4 14.8 22.9
2002 907 63.3 14.3 24.5
2003 907 63.3 14.3 24.5
2004 961 67.4 14.3 29.9
2005 1008 69.2 14.6 35.5
2006 1013 73.1 13.9 48.5
2007 954 72.6 13.1 43.5
2008 1043 72.7 14.3 43.4
2009 1118 74.6 15.0 45.7
2010 1078 76.3 14.1 48.9
2011 1030 74.0 13.9 54.6
2012 1055 68.6 15.3 57.6
2013 1013 71.9 14.0 57.9
2014 949 67.9 13.9 60
2015 893 69.0 12.9 61.1
2016 881 67.0 13.1 64.6
2017 874 67.0 13.0 65.2
2018 874 64.2 13.6 59.8
2019 800 58.2 13.7 69.8
2020 730 54.9 13.2 70.3
2021 724 55.0 13.1 69.5
2022 707 53.4 13.2 70.9
2023 641 49.1 13.0 78.6
2024 570 47.8 11.9 80.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Barnett J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 1334 68.9 19.4 10.3
1995 1194 74.1 16.1 10.1
1996 1194 74.1 16.1 10.1
1997 1239 84.9 14.6 9.5
1998 793 54.6 14.5 12.1
1999 865 57.6 15.0 19.7
2000 964 66.0 14.6 21.7
2001 999 67.4 14.8 22.9
2002 907 63.3 14.3 24.5
2003 907 63.3 14.3 24.5
2004 961 67.4 14.3 29.9
2005 1008 69.2 14.6 35.5
2006 1013 73.1 13.9 48.5
2007 954 72.6 13.1 43.5
2008 1043 72.7 14.3 43.4
2009 1118 74.6 15.0 45.7
2010 1078 76.3 14.1 48.9
2011 1030 74.0 13.9 54.6
2012 1055 68.6 15.3 57.6
2013 1013 71.9 14.0 57.9
2014 949 67.9 13.9 60
2015 893 69.0 12.9 61.1
2016 881 67.0 13.1 64.6
2017 874 67.0 13.0 65.2
2018 874 64.2 13.6 59.8
2019 800 58.2 13.7 69.8
2020 730 54.9 13.2 70.3
2021 724 55.0 13.1 69.5
2022 707 53.4 13.2 70.9
2023 641 49.1 13.0 78.6
2024 570 47.8 11.9 80.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Barnett J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,002 (7.6%) $12,121 (92.4%) $13,123
2020 $1,034 (9.4%) $9,974 (90.6%) $11,008
2021 $697 (6.5%) $10,026 (93.5%) $10,724

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Barnett J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1151st of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1815th of 2330 Middle schools
 25.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Barnett J H)4638
 8%
   7th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Barnett J H)4426
 18%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4034
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Barnett J H)5138
 13%
   8th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4945
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Barnett J H)3526
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4327
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Barnett J H)4426
 18%
   8th Grade Science (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4537
 8%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Barnett J H)2420
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3422
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Barnett J H)9577
 18%
   End of Course Algebra I (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))6034
 26%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students800641
 19.9%
African American300267
 11%
American Indian33
Asian14777
 47.6%
Hispanic270221
 18.1%
Pacific Islander11
White6253
 14.5%
Two or More Races1719
 11.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.8%78.6%
 8.9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 570 students attended Barnett J H.

Barnett J H ranks 1710th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Barnett J H usually go on to attend Bowie High School

Students at Barnett J H are 39% African American, 39% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% White, 3% Two or more races.


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