Bear Branch Junior High School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Magnolia ISD, Bear Branch Junior High School is the 3rd largest, with 7.5% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 5.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,151; Bear Branch 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 8 with 562 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 557, against an average of 560 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 557 in grade 7 and 562 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 53.6% here and 50.3% across Magnolia ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 36.4%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

33.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 46.8% across Magnolia ISD 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 67.24 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,119 students, Bear Branch Junior High School has 16.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,119 students would have about 77.7 teachers, so Bear Branch Junior High School has 10.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Bear Branch Junior High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other middle school is Bear Branch Intermediate School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 15 other middle schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.