Pearland J H East

Size

Of the 8 middle schools in Pearland ISD, Pearland J H East is the 4th largest, with 3.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 1.6 miles away and have a median of 765 students, so Pearland J H East 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 449 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 352, against an average of 401 per grade. This year grade 8 has 28% more students than grade 7 (449 against 352). 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

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 40.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Pearland ISD (39.6%). White students are next, at 39.7%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

35.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 36.8% across Pearland 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

Pearland J H East has 46.88 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 801 students would have about 55.6 teachers, so Pearland J H East has 8.7 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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Pearland J H West, 0.3 miles away in the same district. There are 13 middle schools within 5 miles and 48 within 10 miles.

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