Cedar Bayou Junior High School
Public middle school in Baytown, Texas · Goose Creek CISD · Grades 6–8
Cedar Bayou Junior High School serves 869 students in grades 6–8 in Baytown (Harris County). It is one of 33 schools in Goose Creek CISD. By enrollment it is the 453rd largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 16 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 ÷ 54.23 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 | 482115002109 |
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 | 869 | 24,032 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 16 | 15.7 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 78.5% | 74.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 73% 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.
Cedar Bayou Junior High School in context
Size
Cedar Bayou Junior High School is the 4th largest of Goose Creek CISD's 6 middle schools; its 869 students are 3.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 6.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 738; Cedar Bayou 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 318 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 272, against an average of 290 per grade. This year grade 8 has 14% more students than grade 6 (318 against 279). 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: 66.1% here and 65.7% across Goose Creek CISD. Black students are next, at 16.1%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
78.5% 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 54.23 full-time-equivalent teachers for 869 students, Cedar Bayou Junior High School has 16 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 869 students would have about 60.3 teachers, so Cedar Bayou Junior High School has 6.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Cedar Bayou 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 Horace Mann Junior High School, 2.3 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 9 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 | 66.1% |
| Black | 16.1% |
| White | 15% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
47.3% of students are girls and 52.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 279 |
| Grade 7 | 272 |
| Grade 8 | 318 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2610 Elvinta St, Baytown, TX 77520
Phone: (281)420-4570
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Cedar Bayou Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 2.3 mi | 765 | 15.8 | 84.6% |
| Gentry Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 3.0 mi | 1,013 | 16.6 | 67.5% |
| E F Green Junior School | Goose Creek CISD | 5.6 mi | 1,095 | 18.8 | 64.2% |
| Baytown Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 6.1 mi | 711 | 15.8 | 81% |
| Barbers Hill Middle South | Barbers Hill ISD | 7.7 mi | 587 | 13.1 | – |
| Barbers Hill Middle North | Barbers Hill ISD | 7.8 mi | 570 | 12 | – |
| Highlands Junior High School | Goose Creek CISD | 7.9 mi | 885 | 15.9 | 85.3% |
| La Porte Junior High School | La Porte ISD | 8.1 mi | 563 | 16.3 | 49.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.