Peet J H, Conroe TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Peet J H

Peet J H is a seventh and eighth grade school serving students across those two grades in Conroe, a fast-growing city in Montgomery County. The school sits within Conroe Independent School District, which has been expanding rapidly and in late 2023 won voter approval for a substantial bond package funding eight new schools and major campus renovations to manage enrollment growth. This is the context in which Peet operates: a district in expansion mode, building capacity across multiple sites.

On academics, Peet's state test results show mixed performance. In English Language Arts, the school's seventh and eighth graders each showed proficiency rates that fell above the midpoint among Montgomery County districts. Math results diverge by grade: eighth grade achieved proficiency at a solid rate, while seventh grade math proficiency was substantially lower, a gap a parent may want to explore with the school. Science performance on the eighth grade STAAR test was below county averages, as was eighth grade social studies, where proficiency was the weakest area recorded. Taking tests across all subjects and grades together, the school's overall proficiency index placed it above the midpoint within the county, indicating middling but not leading academic standing.

The student body comprises approximately one-third white students, with Hispanic students as the largest single group, followed by Black students, and smaller shares of Asian and multiracial students. Slightly more than half the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, marking a community with moderate economic strain. Total enrollment spans around one thousand students across the two grades, making this a mid-sized middle school for its grade band.

The Conroe area housing market shows prices in the mid-range for the greater Houston region, with modest year-over-year movement. Monthly rents sit in the mid-range as well, and the area offers the affordability profile typical of outer suburban Texas, where rent takes up a moderate share of household income compared to mortgage payments. The city itself is undergoing marked growth driven by large master-planned communities like Grand Central Park, which supplies steady new families to schools across the district.

Peet is a regular public school with no special program designations. The school has no reported specialized course access, staffing details, or attendance data in the available record, so parents exploring specific program offerings or wondering about class size and teacher retention would need to speak directly with the school. State testing data for participation rates was not available, so whether there were any testing accommodations or absences affecting the results cannot be determined from the data provided.

For a family relocating into the Conroe area, Peet represents a middle-ground middle school: adequate but not outstanding in proficiency, serving a diverse and economically varied peer group, within a district actively building new capacity to handle growth. The strength in ELA and solid eighth grade math stands alongside soft spots in seventh grade math, science, and social studies that warrant investigation if a student needs particular subject-area support.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 61% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 62% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 64% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 56% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 41% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolCONROE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income69%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income70%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income36%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income40%Higher-income67%27 pp gap