Eagle Pass Junior High School
Public middle school in Eagle Pass, Texas · Eagle Pass ISD · Grades 7–8
Eagle Pass Junior High School serves 1,040 students in grades 7–8 in Eagle Pass (Maverick County). It is one of 24 schools in Eagle Pass ISD. By enrollment it is the 245th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 18.3 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 ÷ 56.84 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 7–8 |
| District | Eagle Pass ISD |
| County | Maverick County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481773001539 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Eagle Pass ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,040 | 13,820 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 18.3 | 17.9 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 70.3% | 78.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 94% 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.
Eagle Pass Junior High School in context
Size
Eagle Pass Junior High School is the largest of Eagle Pass ISD's 2 middle schools; its 1,040 students are 7.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 41.5 miles away and have a median of 396 students, so Eagle Pass Junior High School is larger than most of them.
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 7 with 526 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 514, against an average of 520 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 526 in grade 7 and 514 in grade 8.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 97.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Eagle Pass ISD (97.1%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
70.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.3% across Eagle Pass ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Eagle Pass Junior High School has 56.84 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,040 students would have about 72.2 teachers, so Eagle Pass Junior High School has 15.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Memorial Junior High School, 3.1 miles away in the same district. There is 1 middle school within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 97.1% |
| White | 2% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
49% of students are girls and 51% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 526 |
| Grade 8 | 514 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1750 N Bibb, Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Phone: (830)758-7037
Website: sites.google.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Eagle Pass Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Junior High School | Eagle Pass ISD | 3.1 mi | 927 | 17.9 | 86.4% |
| Sterling H Fly Junior High School | Crystal City ISD | 40.1 mi | 355 | 14.8 | 76.1% |
| Brackett Junior High School | Brackett ISD | 40.6 mi | 112 | 10.4 | 54.5% |
| Carrizo Springs Intermediate School | Carrizo Springs CISD | 41.3 mi | 437 | 15.4 | 78.9% |
| Carrizo Springs Junior High School | Carrizo Springs CISD | 41.8 mi | 277 | 14 | 74.7% |
| San Felipe Memorial Middle School | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 49.5 mi | 671 | 19.7 | 70.6% |
| Del Rio Middle School | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 50.4 mi | 1,347 | 18.3 | 70.8% |
| Heritage Academy of Del Rio Middle School | Heritage Academy | 53.0 mi | 254 | 16.5 | 85% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.