Poteet J H, Poteet TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Poteet J H

Poteet Junior High serves middle grades in a small South Texas town that sits roughly twenty to thirty miles south of San Antonio. The school enrolls a student population that is nearly entirely Hispanic and comes overwhelmingly from low-income households, with about three-quarters qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The median home value in the area remains well below state averages, and families commute outward toward larger employment centers; agriculture and retail dominate the local economy.

The junior high sits on a campus-style location away from the town's small downtown, in keeping with Poteet ISD's pattern of having schools on separated peripheral sites rather than embedded in the civic core. The school draws from a town of modest size with no meaningful public transit, so families rely on cars for daily mobility.

On state assessments, the school shows weak proficiency across all tested subjects and grades. In reading and language arts, the school ranges from low performance on sixth and seventh grade tests to notably higher performance on the eighth grade assessment. Mathematics proficiency is consistently low across all three grades tested. Science proficiency sits in the low range, and social studies proficiency is very low, with only a small fraction of eighth graders meeting standard. When measured across all levels, the school shows only a small share of students achieving mastery in any subject; the largest share fall into the "approaches" category, having made progress but not yet met the standard.

In the comparison set of districts within Atascosa County, Poteet Junior High's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what support and intervention strategies are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, especially in mathematics and social studies where gaps are most pronounced. The school does not have a high school, so these are foundational middle grades preparing students for transition to Poteet High School.

Enrollment is stable at just over four hundred students split fairly evenly across the three grades. Staff, attendance, discipline, and program details were not available in the data provided. State assessment data contains only the most recent year, so longer-term trends cannot be drawn from what is here.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 28 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Science

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 14 pts below state median

This schoolPOTEET 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-income27%Higher-income47%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income44%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income56%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income12%Higher-income24%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income11%Higher-income24%13 pp gap