Deer Park J H

Summary:

Deer Park J H is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Deer Park Independent School District, with an enrollment of 863 students. This high-performing school consistently ranks in the top 15% of Texas middle schools, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Deer Park J H stands out for its exceptional academic performance, outpacing state and district averages in STAAR test scores across multiple subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 70.33% of 8th graders were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 64.48% for the district and 54.09% for the state. The school also performs exceptionally well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 7% of Texas middle schools for English Language Learners and top 5% for Special Education students. Additionally, Deer Park J H maintains very low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 0.6% over the past 5 years, well below state and national averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Deer Park J H has a more diverse student population, with a higher percentage of Hispanic students (50.98%) and lower percentage of White students (45.31%) than some of the surrounding schools. While the school has a relatively high percentage of students (40.21%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, it spends $10,472 per student, which is higher than the state average but lower than some of the nearby schools like The Summit (Intermediate), which spends $79,514 per student. Overall, Deer Park J H stands out as a high-performing and equitable middle school in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 410 E Ninth
       Deer Park, TX  77536-3299


(832) 668-7500

District: Deer Park Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
308th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,472 Help


Students who attend Deer Park J H usually attend:

High:    Deer Park High School

Feeder schools for Deer Park J H:

Elementary:    Deer Park Elementary
    San Jacinto Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  857

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.5%
White:
44.0%
Two or more races:
2.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38% Help


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Compare Details Deer Park J H ranks better than 87% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.61. (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 Deer Park J H has the largest middle school student body size in the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51.5%), White (44%), two or more races (2.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Deer Park J H is 16.3. 2 middle schools in the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Deer Park J H is $10,472, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Deer Park J H:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Park J H 308th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Deer Park J H in the ranking list.)

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Deer Park Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Park Independent School District (Isd) 225th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Deer Park J H

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Rank History for all students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 83.31 85th 1573 94.6%
2005 86.90 58th 1582 96.3%
2006 86.31 62nd 1585 96.1%
2007 81.29 145th 1684 91.4%
2008 80.80 147th 1718 91.4%
2009 80.95 133rd 1763 92.5%
2010 80.73 103rd 1803 94.3%
2011 76.84 192nd 1895 89.9%
2012 75.04 368th 1951 81.1%
2013 78.09 294th 1973 85.1%
2014 82.10 225th 1987 88.7%
2015 83.16 202nd 2043 90.1%
2016 83.51 197th 1987 90.1%
2017 82.27 248th 2027 87.8%
2018 84.88 210th 2080 89.9%
2019 82.78 270th 2193 87.7%
2021 84.77 230th 2252 89.8%
2022 82.39 291st 2254 87.1%
2023 80.82 319th 2330 86.3%
2024 80.61 308th 2361 87.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.94 122nd 720 83.1%
2019 62.72 242nd 753 67.9%
2021 63.91 196th 743 73.6%
2022 67.18 211th 813 74.0%
2023 61.58 258th 817 68.4%
2024 59.14 283rd 812 65.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.20 110th 1376 92.0%
2019 73.42 200th 1445 86.2%
2021 91.40 50th 1592 96.9%
2022 82.66 136th 1643 91.7%
2023 83.23 148th 1720 91.4%
2024 80.74 188th 1760 89.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.55 230th 1597 85.6%
2019 81.07 115th 1626 92.9%
2021 76.10 141st 1712 91.8%
2022 83.81 95th 1757 94.6%
2023 72.46 231st 1815 87.3%
2024 46.64 926th 1881 50.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.55 164th 2039 92.0%
2019 82.37 163rd 2073 92.1%
2021 85.49 125th 2172 94.2%
2022 77.14 268th 2220 87.9%
2023 79.96 230th 2251 89.8%
2024 71.67 375th 2224 83.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.36 253rd 2008 87.4%
2019 82.06 248th 2047 87.9%
2021 86.28 186th 2151 91.4%
2022 82.35 261st 2221 88.2%
2023 78.01 343rd 2241 84.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.17 174th 1430 87.8%
2019 73.53 295th 1446 79.6%
2021 78.18 236th 1501 84.3%
2022 74.74 282nd 1488 81.0%
2023 71.63 364th 1481 75.4%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.48 248th 2008 87.6%
2019 69.10 337th 2058 83.6%
2021 73.05 271st 2118 87.2%
2022 71.63 342nd 2182 84.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.46 181st 2030 91.1%
2019 80.02 291st 2069 85.9%
2021 79.35 307th 2168 85.8%
2022 80.64 289th 2228 87.0%
2023 81.91 275th 2245 87.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.19 129th 1167 88.9%
2024 24.09 1083rd 1271 14.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.39 151st 1895 92.0%
2019 81.58 210th 1935 89.1%
2021 86.22 143rd 2043 93.0%
2022 83.79 184th 2077 91.1%
2023 80.01 251st 2116 88.1%
2024 79.63 228th 2108 89.2%
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Rank History for White students at Deer Park J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.77 314th 1673 81.2%
2019 74.61 327th 1684 80.6%
2021 73.81 317th 1700 81.4%
2022 73.19 337th 1723 80.4%
2023 75.48 305th 1749 82.6%
2024 70.71 362nd 1724 79.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Deer Park J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 608 4 8 66 n/a n/a n/a 0 686
1989 639 4 5 51 1 n/a n/a 0 700
1990 643 3 7 48 2 n/a n/a 0 703
1991 695 3 5 65 1 n/a n/a 0 769
1992 710 1 6 75 3 n/a n/a 0 795
1993 766 1 4 74 1 n/a n/a 0 846
1994 766 4 6 80 0 n/a n/a 0 856
1995 745 2 13 93 3 n/a n/a 0 856
1996 745 2 13 93 3 n/a n/a 0 856
1997 722 3 14 99 5 n/a n/a 0 843
1998 682 3 12 103 6 n/a n/a 0 806
1999 676 3 7 111 3 n/a n/a 0 800
2000 670 4 10 103 0 n/a n/a 0 787
2001 676 6 4 98 0 n/a n/a 0 784
2002 680 6 10 97 1 n/a n/a 0 794
2003 680 6 10 97 1 n/a n/a 0 794
2004 651 5 13 121 2 n/a n/a 0 792
2005 641 9 14 142 1 n/a n/a 0 807
2006 611 10 15 157 2 n/a n/a 0 795
2007 582 10 9 154 3 n/a n/a 0 758
2008 618 10 11 148 5 n/a n/a 0 792
2009 593 14 8 170 3 n/a n/a 0 788
2010 634 14 6 194 8 n/a n/a 0 856
2011 574 6 3 224 15 1 15 0 838
2012 577 8 3 209 17 3 18 0 835
2013 513 8 6 231 2 3 18 0 781
2014 475 7 11 272 0 1 20 0 786
2015 451 6 11 340 3 0 22 0 833
2016 489 9 14 362 2 0 19 0 895
2017 475 8 9 394 1 2 18 0 907
2018 461 8 5 384 3 1 18 0 880
2019 452 7 6 395 4 1 29 0 894
2020 471 9 7 384 2 0 31 0 904
2021 445 6 6 407 0 0 38 0 902
2022 427 11 5 417 0 0 31 0 891
2023 391 6 3 440 1 0 22 0 863
2024 377 11 4 441 2 0 22 0 857

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Deer Park J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 686 43.0 15.9 n/a
1989 700 n/a n/a n/a
1990 703 47.0 14.9 n/a
1991 769 47.2 16.2 n/a
1992 795 42.0 18.9 5.2
1993 846 44.0 19.2 7
1994 856 44.4 19.3 5.3
1995 856 50.5 17.0 5.4
1996 856 50.5 17.0 5.4
1997 843 51.4 16.4 6
1998 806 55.1 14.6 6.3
1999 800 56.2 14.2 10.4
2000 787 53.7 14.7 9.3
2001 784 47.9 16.4 9.2
2002 794 50.2 15.8 10.2
2003 794 50.2 15.8 10.2
2004 792 48.1 16.5 13
2005 807 47.5 17.0 13.9
2006 795 46.3 17.2 17.5
2007 758 46.7 16.2 18.5
2008 792 45.9 17.3 19.8
2009 788 47.1 16.7 18.5
2010 856 48.4 17.6 20.8
2011 838 49.6 16.8 22.8
2012 835 47.5 17.5 25.5
2013 781 47.1 16.5 32.9
2014 786 45.6 17.2 27.2
2015 833 52.0 16.0 26.2
2016 895 49.0 18.2 28.6
2017 907 50.2 18.0 27.9
2018 880 50.9 17.2 27.4
2019 894 51.6 17.3 32.2
2020 904 52.4 17.2 32.1
2021 902 53.7 16.7 33.8
2022 891 53.9 16.5 35.7
2023 863 51.6 16.6 40.2
2024 857 52.2 16.3 38

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 Deer Park J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 686 43.0 15.9 n/a
1989 700 n/a n/a n/a
1990 703 47.0 14.9 n/a
1991 769 47.2 16.2 n/a
1992 795 42.0 18.9 5.2
1993 846 44.0 19.2 7
1994 856 44.4 19.3 5.3
1995 856 50.5 17.0 5.4
1996 856 50.5 17.0 5.4
1997 843 51.4 16.4 6
1998 806 55.1 14.6 6.3
1999 800 56.2 14.2 10.4
2000 787 53.7 14.7 9.3
2001 784 47.9 16.4 9.2
2002 794 50.2 15.8 10.2
2003 794 50.2 15.8 10.2
2004 792 48.1 16.5 13
2005 807 47.5 17.0 13.9
2006 795 46.3 17.2 17.5
2007 758 46.7 16.2 18.5
2008 792 45.9 17.3 19.8
2009 788 47.1 16.7 18.5
2010 856 48.4 17.6 20.8
2011 838 49.6 16.8 22.8
2012 835 47.5 17.5 25.5
2013 781 47.1 16.5 32.9
2014 786 45.6 17.2 27.2
2015 833 52.0 16.0 26.2
2016 895 49.0 18.2 28.6
2017 907 50.2 18.0 27.9
2018 880 50.9 17.2 27.4
2019 894 51.6 17.3 32.2
2020 904 52.4 17.2 32.1
2021 902 53.7 16.7 33.8
2022 891 53.9 16.5 35.7
2023 863 51.6 16.6 40.2
2024 857 52.2 16.3 38

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 Deer Park J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $641 (6.9%) $8,685 (93.1%) $9,325
2020 $685 (5.2%) $12,412 (94.8%) $13,097
2021 $816 (7.8%) $9,656 (92.2%) $10,472

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Deer Park J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 270th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 319th of 2330 Middle schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Deer Park J H)4960
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))3656
 20%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park J H)5835
 23%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))5344
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Deer Park J H)6167
 6%
   7th Grade Reading (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))4859
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park J H)6956
 13%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))5549
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Deer Park J H)6873
 5%
   8th Grade Reading (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))5966
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park J H)8280
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))7573
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Deer Park J H)7973
 6%
   8th Grade Science (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))7068
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Deer Park J H)3745
 8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))4044
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Deer Park J H)10099
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Deer Park Independent School District (Isd))7561
 14%
   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 Students894863
 3.5%
African American76
 14.3%
American Indian41
 75%
Asian63
 50%
Hispanic395440
 11.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White452391
 13.5%
Two or More Races2922
 24.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients32.2%40.2%
 8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Deer Park J H

Students at Deer Park J H are 51% Hispanic, 44% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Deer Park J H ranks 308th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 857 students attended Deer Park J H.

Students who attend Deer Park J H usually go on to attend Deer Park High School


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