📍 100 Property Street, Jal, Lea County, 88252
Jal Jr High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Jal, Lea County. The school has 125 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jal Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jal Jr High enrolls 125 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 86% |
| White | 17 | 14% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 125 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 53 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jal Jr High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NM-20, state senate district 41, state house district 61.
Jal Jr High is one of 3 schools in JAL, based in JAL, New Mexico. The district serves 567 students district-wide and employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 125 students, Jal Jr High is smaller than the district average of about 189 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote