San Jacinto J H, Midland TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on San Jacinto J H

San Jacinto Junior High is a sixth-through-eighth-grade campus in Midland, Texas, part of Midland ISD. It sits in a city whose identity is bound tightly to the oil and gas industry, with an economy that ranks among the strongest in the state by per-capita income, and a housing market that has grown accordingly. Home values here sit well below the Texas statewide benchmark and well below the national figure, though rents have drifted slightly downward recently on a year-over-year basis. Midland itself is growing, with new residential development concentrated in northwest neighborhoods, a downtown undergoing a deliberate transformation, and a school district that just passed its largest bond in history to build new high school facilities and reconfigure grades district-wide by 2028.

That reconfiguration is directly relevant to families at San Jacinto. Starting in 2028, sixth graders will move from elementary campuses into junior high schools, and two new comprehensive high schools will open to replace the current freshman-only buildings. What today's seventh grader at San Jacinto experiences will look structurally different for a younger sibling entering the district a few years later. Parents with children currently in or approaching middle school should ask the district for specifics on how feeder patterns and campus boundaries will shift.

On academics, the STAAR results for the most recent year show a school with meaningful variation by grade and subject. Reading and language arts is where San Jacinto performs most solidly, with sixth-grade ELA results strong and eighth-grade ELA proficiency respectable. Math is more uneven: sixth-grade math proficiency comes in well above the midpoint, eighth grade sits near the middle, and seventh-grade math proficiency is notably low, well below where most families would hope to see a school land. Eighth-grade science and social studies proficiency rates are both modest, with social studies in particular reaching only a small share of students at the proficient level. Across all tested subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint relative to districts in Midland County, which is an encouraging position in context, but the grade-to-grade and subject-to-subject swings are real. Trend data is limited to a single year in the available records, so whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability is not something the data here can answer. A parent would reasonably want to ask the school about what is driving the seventh-grade math results specifically and what supports are in place.

Because this is a middle school, there is no graduation rate, and the school does not offer AP or dual-credit coursework by virtue of its grade band. Program offerings were not reported in the available data, so extracurricular and elective depth cannot be characterized here.

About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a meaningful concentration of economic need. The school is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial white minority and smaller shares of other groups. Counts for English learner and special education populations were not available in the data provided, which a family with a student in either category should follow up on directly with the school.

Midland ISD publicly shifted reading instruction around 2023 to a phonics-based, science-of-reading approach, adopting new curriculum materials district-wide. For a middle schooler this is most relevant in terms of how foundational literacy gaps from earlier grades are being addressed as students arrive at San Jacinto having gone through, or in some cases not fully benefiting from, the earlier whole-language approach.

Midland as a place is car-dependent and spread out, with civic life anchored by downtown gathering spaces, a public library system, and bus transit connecting the city to Odessa. The major employment base is energy, and families relocating for work in that sector will find the housing market more accessible than coastal metros while still carrying real costs relative to local incomes.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 664%

School 64% · District 43% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 13% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 34% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 682%

School 82% · District 51% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 42% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 45% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 33% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 17% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolMIDLAND 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-income79%Higher-income83%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income55%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income37%Higher-income77%40 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income43%Higher-income71%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income15%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income63%28 pp gap