Baytown Junior High School
Public middle school in Baytown, Texas · Goose Creek CISD · Grades 6–8
Baytown Junior High School serves 711 students in grades 6–8 in Baytown (Harris County). It is one of 33 schools in Goose Creek CISD. By enrollment it is the 723rd largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 15.8 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 44.98 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Goose Creek CISD |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 482115002107 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Goose Creek CISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 711 | 24,032 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 15.8 | 15.7 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 81% | 74.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 70% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Baytown Junior High School in context
Size
Baytown Junior High School is the smallest of Goose Creek CISD's 6 middle schools; its 711 students are 3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 5.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 881; Baytown Junior High School is close to their typical size.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 256 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 226, against an average of 237 per grade. This year grade 8 has 11% fewer students than grade 6 (229 against 256). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 68.2% here and 65.7% across Goose Creek CISD. Black students are next, at 16.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
81% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.3% across Goose Creek CISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 44.98 full-time-equivalent teachers for 711 students, Baytown Junior High School has 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 711 students would have about 49.4 teachers, so Baytown Junior High School has 4.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Baytown Junior High School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other middle school is Highlands Junior High School, 2.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 19 other middle schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 68.2% |
| Black | 16.6% |
| White | 11.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |
| Asian | 0.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
50.4% of students are girls and 49.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 256 |
| Grade 7 | 226 |
| Grade 8 | 229 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
7707 Bayway Dr., Baytown, TX 77520
Phone: (281)420-4560
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Baytown Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 2.9 mi | 885 | 15.9 | 85.3% |
| E F Green Junior School | Goose Creek CISD | 4.7 mi | 1,095 | 18.8 | 64.2% |
| Gentry Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 5.6 mi | 1,013 | 16.6 | 67.5% |
| Academic Counseling and Transition Academy | Channelview ISD | 5.6 mi | 25 | 5 | 100% |
| Horace Mann Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 5.8 mi | 765 | 15.8 | 84.6% |
| Alice Johnson Junior High School | Channelview ISD | 6.0 mi | 1,112 | 15.8 | 91.7% |
| Cedar Bayou Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 6.1 mi | 869 | 16 | 78.5% |
| Deer Park Junior High School | Deer Park ISD | 7.3 mi | 877 | 15.2 | 38.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.