Charles Baxter J H, Everman TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Charles Baxter J H

Charles Baxter Junior High is a public middle school serving students in grades six through eight in Everman, a small city within the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school sits in a lower-income community; about a high share of its enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is roughly evenly split between Black and Hispanic students, with very small numbers of other groups.

This is a school where academic proficiency is markedly below district and county averages. On the most recent state assessments, results across subjects and grades fall well below the midpoint among Tarrant County district schools. In sixth-grade math, only a very small percentage of students performed at or above the proficient level; that rate rose slightly in seventh grade but dropped sharply in eighth grade. English language arts shows a different pattern: a quarter of sixth and seventh graders reached proficiency, while the eighth-grade rate climbed to about a third. Science proficiency in eighth grade was modest, and social studies proficiency was quite low. Across all assessed subjects, only a small share of students scored at the "meets" or higher levels, with the largest concentration of students at or below the "approaches" standard. Trend data is available only for the current year, so longer-term trajectory cannot be assessed.

The school has a mid-sized enrollment distributed fairly evenly across its three grades. The district serves some of the region's lowest-income communities and recently obtained voter approval for a capital bond to renovate and expand elementary schools and add facilities at the high school, the first such measure in some years. That means building improvements are coming but also signals the physical plant has been aging. The district has also launched dual-credit and early-college pathways, including a partnership with Texas Wesleyan University that allows students to earn college credit and an Early College High School option with Tarrant County College.

A parent might want to look into further with the school what academic supports are in place for middle grades, given the current proficiency levels, and whether the early-college pipeline that operates at the high school level begins with preparation or intervention at the junior high. The housing market in the area is relatively affordable compared to broader region and state benchmarks, and rents are stable. This is a school for a family seeking middle-grade education in a diverse, lower-income suburban setting where academic achievement is currently low and would require close attention to progress and fit.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 68%

School 8% · District 12% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 78%

School 8% · District 17% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 82%

School 2% · District 3% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 35% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 37% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 37% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 35% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 11% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

This schoolEVERMAN 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 6Lower-income26%Higher-income42%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income38%11 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income34%Higher-income50%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income8%Higher-income17%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income7%Higher-income9%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income1%Higher-income10%9 pp gap