Ferris J H

Summary:

Ferris J H is a public middle school in Ferris, Texas, serving around 590 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Ferris Independent School District, which is ranked 687 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ferris J H faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with particularly low performance in mathematics. Only 15.38% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better on the STAAR Mathematics test in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 37.1%. The school's White and Gifted and Talented student subgroups perform especially poorly, ranking in the bottom 25% of Texas middle schools. In contrast, the school's African American and Hispanic student subgroups perform better, ranking in the middle third of Texas middle schools.

Compared to nearby schools, Ferris J H's academic performance is generally lower. For example, Palmer Middle, located about 7 miles away, consistently ranks in the top 25% of Texas middle schools and outperforms Ferris J H on STAAR tests. However, schools like Iltexas Lancaster Middle and Kennedy-Curry Middle, which serve similar demographics, also struggle academically and rank in the bottom 10-15% of Texas middle schools, similar to Ferris J H.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1002 E 8th St
       Ferris, TX  75125-2023


(972) 544-3737

District: Ferris Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1479th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,655 Help


Students who attend Ferris J H usually attend:

High:    Ferris High School

Feeder schools for Ferris J H:

Elementary:    Hazel Ingram Elementary
    Lee Longino Elementary
    Lucy Mae McDonald Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  606

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.1%
White:
14.4%
African American:
12.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  79% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ferris J H ranks worse than 62.6% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.7. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Ferris J H is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (71.1%), White (14.4%), African American (12.9%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ferris J H is 11.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ferris J H is $10,655.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ferris J H:

SchoolDigger ranks Ferris J H 1479th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Ferris J H in the ranking list.)

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Ferris Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Ferris Independent School District (Isd) 687th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ferris J H

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Rank History for all students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 50.42 882nd 1573 43.9%
2005 38.51 1116th 1582 29.5%
2006 34.41 1165th 1585 26.5%
2007 41.16 1155th 1684 31.4%
2008 42.40 1181st 1718 31.3%
2009 33.86 1401st 1763 20.5%
2010 30.77 1502nd 1803 16.7%
2011 29.61 1619th 1895 14.6%
2012 41.39 1242nd 1951 36.3%
2013 44.47 1202nd 1973 39.1%
2014 45.04 1179th 1987 40.7%
2015 58.23 858th 2043 58.0%
2016 47.70 1124th 1987 43.4%
2017 25.47 1602nd 2027 21.0%
2018 30.19 1519th 2080 27.0%
2019 24.90 1760th 2193 19.7%
2021 26.86 1688th 2252 25.0%
2022 36.59 1429th 2254 36.6%
2023 38.99 1424th 2330 38.9%
2024 37.70 1479th 2361 37.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.56 697th 720 3.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.77 853rd 1376 38.0%
2019 34.39 994th 1445 31.2%
2021 34.49 1090th 1592 31.5%
2022 48.08 706th 1643 57.0%
2023 37.15 1083rd 1720 37.0%
2024 39.30 1027th 1760 41.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.59 395th 1597 75.3%
2019 38.69 939th 1626 42.3%
2021 26.44 1467th 1712 14.3%
2022 26.43 1495th 1757 14.9%
2023 37.03 1119th 1815 38.3%
2024 19.74 1728th 1881 8.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.98 1283rd 2039 37.1%
2019 30.18 1618th 2073 21.9%
2021 34.35 1499th 2172 31.0%
2022 43.35 1222nd 2220 45.0%
2023 44.63 1211th 2251 46.2%
2024 38.45 1376th 2224 38.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.94 1539th 2008 23.4%
2019 24.48 1689th 2047 17.5%
2021 29.21 1584th 2151 26.4%
2022 38.45 1368th 2221 38.4%
2023 38.98 1383rd 2241 38.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.85 724th 1430 49.4%
2019 47.32 958th 1446 33.7%
2021 42.32 1023rd 1501 31.8%
2022 39.33 1096th 1488 26.3%
2023 40.82 1088th 1481 26.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.16 1035th 2008 48.5%
2019 38.66 1260th 2058 38.8%
2021 37.76 1318th 2118 37.8%
2022 48.78 924th 2182 57.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.38 1502nd 2030 26.0%
2019 23.78 1710th 2069 17.4%
2021 25.69 1671st 2168 22.9%
2022 35.04 1472nd 2228 33.9%
2023 39.35 1345th 2245 40.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.00 934th 1167 20.0%
2019 25.51 970th 1193 18.7%
2021 30.97 888th 1213 26.8%
2022 37.54 765th 1251 38.8%
2023 45.18 629th 1273 50.6%
2024 27.05 1017th 1271 20.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.76 1177th 1895 37.9%
2019 29.77 1478th 1935 23.6%
2021 34.10 1382nd 2043 32.4%
2022 45.89 1046th 2077 49.6%
2023 44.26 1138th 2116 46.2%
2024 39.15 1280th 2108 39.3%
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Rank History for White students at Ferris J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.16 1484th 1673 11.3%
2019 20.57 1479th 1684 12.2%
2021 16.75 1555th 1700 8.5%
2022 17.86 1572nd 1723 8.8%
2023 31.40 1340th 1749 23.4%
2024 28.61 1368th 1724 20.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ferris J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 133 59 1 91 n/a n/a n/a 0 284
1989 160 70 1 92 0 n/a n/a 0 323
1990 109 59 0 67 0 n/a n/a 0 235
1991 114 47 0 61 0 n/a n/a 0 222
1992 121 38 0 59 1 n/a n/a 0 219
1993 134 46 0 77 0 n/a n/a 0 257
1994 129 53 0 73 1 n/a n/a 0 256
1995 139 58 0 77 3 n/a n/a 0 277
1996 139 58 0 77 3 n/a n/a 0 277
1997 147 56 0 85 3 n/a n/a 0 291
1998 145 40 0 88 0 n/a n/a 0 273
1999 167 37 0 80 0 n/a n/a 0 284
2000 186 41 0 112 0 n/a n/a 0 339
2001 146 48 1 133 1 n/a n/a 0 329
2002 155 40 2 147 1 n/a n/a 0 345
2003 155 40 2 147 1 n/a n/a 0 345
2004 142 32 1 145 0 n/a n/a 0 320
2005 142 20 0 162 0 n/a n/a 0 324
2006 133 27 0 166 1 n/a n/a 0 327
2007 145 26 1 166 1 n/a n/a 0 339
2008 134 22 1 182 0 n/a n/a 0 339
2009 112 26 0 208 1 n/a n/a 0 347
2010 128 29 0 219 3 n/a n/a 0 379
2011 103 33 0 219 8 0 3 0 366
2012 91 27 0 223 4 0 0 0 345
2013 85 26 1 226 1 0 0 0 339
2014 97 35 2 254 1 0 2 0 391
2015 83 29 1 255 2 0 5 0 375
2016 120 29 2 396 3 0 7 0 557
2017 110 41 1 425 1 1 8 0 587
2018 116 38 2 424 1 0 12 0 593
2019 124 40 1 431 1 1 9 0 607
2020 124 50 1 443 3 1 9 0 631
2021 122 41 1 476 3 1 9 0 653
2022 96 46 1 463 1 2 9 0 618
2023 92 52 2 435 0 1 8 0 590
2024 87 78 1 431 1 1 7 0 606

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Ferris J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 284 16.0 17.7 n/a
1989 323 n/a n/a n/a
1990 235 16.0 14.6 n/a
1991 222 15.9 13.9 n/a
1992 219 15.9 13.7 32.9
1993 257 17.0 15.1 43.6
1994 256 17.6 14.5 35.5
1995 277 17.3 16.0 37.9
1996 277 17.3 16.0 37.9
1997 291 18.3 15.9 40.2
1998 273 21.3 12.8 35.9
1999 284 21.9 13.0 38
2000 339 24.8 13.7 53.7
2001 329 24.6 13.4 59.3
2002 345 25.4 13.6 53.3
2003 345 25.4 13.6 53.3
2004 320 25.3 12.6 51.6
2005 324 25.8 12.6 55.6
2006 327 23.3 14.0 63
2007 339 24.0 14.1 63.1
2008 339 24.3 14.0 60.5
2009 347 23.1 15.0 66.9
2010 379 25.5 14.8 70.7
2011 366 28.1 12.9 73.2
2012 345 25.3 13.6 80.6
2013 339 25.9 13.0 78.8
2014 391 27.1 14.4 77
2015 375 28.0 13.3 81.1
2016 557 40.0 13.9 75.9
2017 587 41.3 14.2 82.6
2018 593 42.2 14.0 83.3
2019 607 44.3 13.6 77.3
2020 631 45.7 13.8 80.7
2021 653 45.6 14.3 80.6
2022 618 50.7 12.1 80.7
2023 590 45.9 12.8 79.3
2024 606 52.9 11.4 79

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 Ferris J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 284 16.0 17.7 n/a
1989 323 n/a n/a n/a
1990 235 16.0 14.6 n/a
1991 222 15.9 13.9 n/a
1992 219 15.9 13.7 32.9
1993 257 17.0 15.1 43.6
1994 256 17.6 14.5 35.5
1995 277 17.3 16.0 37.9
1996 277 17.3 16.0 37.9
1997 291 18.3 15.9 40.2
1998 273 21.3 12.8 35.9
1999 284 21.9 13.0 38
2000 339 24.8 13.7 53.7
2001 329 24.6 13.4 59.3
2002 345 25.4 13.6 53.3
2003 345 25.4 13.6 53.3
2004 320 25.3 12.6 51.6
2005 324 25.8 12.6 55.6
2006 327 23.3 14.0 63
2007 339 24.0 14.1 63.1
2008 339 24.3 14.0 60.5
2009 347 23.1 15.0 66.9
2010 379 25.5 14.8 70.7
2011 366 28.1 12.9 73.2
2012 345 25.3 13.6 80.6
2013 339 25.9 13.0 78.8
2014 391 27.1 14.4 77
2015 375 28.0 13.3 81.1
2016 557 40.0 13.9 75.9
2017 587 41.3 14.2 82.6
2018 593 42.2 14.0 83.3
2019 607 44.3 13.6 77.3
2020 631 45.7 13.8 80.7
2021 653 45.6 14.3 80.6
2022 618 50.7 12.1 80.7
2023 590 45.9 12.8 79.3
2024 606 52.9 11.4 79

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 Ferris J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $-12 (-0.1%) $9,829 (100.1%) $9,818
2020 $440 (4.3%) $9,779 (95.7%) $10,220
2021 $994 (9.3%) $9,660 (90.7%) $10,655

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1760th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1424th of 2330 Middle schools
 19.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Ferris J H)2033
 13%
   6th Grade Reading (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))2033
 13%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Ferris J H)2821
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))2821
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Ferris J H)3045
 15%
   7th Grade Reading (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))3045
 15%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ferris J H)273
 24%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))273
 24%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Ferris J H)3751
 14%
   8th Grade Reading (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))3751
 14%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ferris J H)2432
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))2432
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Ferris J H)3852
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))3852
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Ferris J H)2831
 3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))2831
 3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Ferris J H)9858
 40%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ferris Independent School District (Isd))5544
 11%
   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 Students607590
 2.8%
African American4052
 30%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian12
 100%
Hispanic431435
 0.9%
Pacific Islander11
White12492
 25.8%
Two or More Races98
 11.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients77.3%79.3%
 2.1%


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Ferris J H ranks 1479th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 606 students attended Ferris J H.

Students who attend Ferris J H usually go on to attend Ferris High School

Students at Ferris J H are 71% Hispanic, 14% White, 13% African American, 1% Two or more races.


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